Dear Arthur, Yes it does have a direct impact on learning. Factor may be the way participants sit in the room, the place of training, the chairs on which they would sit, the colour of the room.

Hope this helped.

At a philosophical level: Yes, if you consider that we are always "beings-in-the-world" (or environment) - A. Naess. 

Hi Arthur,

Please go through the attached article for the answer.

Best of Luck

Thanks a lot Azhar, Luca and Arvind - it is a great help, and I shall follow up all of the ideas and articles that you have pointed to.