Creativity improves by 60% when walking compared to sitting
Entered 2024.04.11 09:45 Entered 2024.04.11 09:45 Modified 2024.04.11 08:22 Views 6 Creativity was found to be significantly improved when walking compared to sitting. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]
It is a good season for walking. Walking is an exercise that anyone can easily do. It’s a simple and easy exercise that doesn’t require any special tools and can be done anywhere, but the health benefits you can gain are significant.
According to research, regular walking exercise can achieve effects such as △increasing immunity △reducing the risk of various cancers such as breast cancer △preventing arthritis △and eradicating obesity genes. Here, there are research results showing that walking has a special effect on promoting creativity.
A research team at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education conducted various experiments on 176 college students and came to this conclusion. The research team said, “People who took the creativity test while walking gave more novel answers than while sitting or in a wheelchair.”
The research team conducted two tests on the participants. The first was to test creativity by asking about other uses for common household items such as buttons and tires. The second question was to combine three words and connect them into one word.
Participants were tested in a windowless room and while walking on a treadmill. The results showed that people who took a creativity test while walking on a treadmill performed significantly better than when they sat down.
81% of participants performed better when given a creativity test while walking. However, in the word combination test, which requires knowledge rather than creativity, scores were slightly better when done seated.
The research team conducted the same experiment outdoors. As a result, the group that walked outdoors scored significantly better on the creativity test than the group that rode the wheelchair outdoors. It has been shown that walking, whether indoors or outdoors, is effective in promoting creativity.
The research team explained, “Walking has been shown to have a special effect in promoting creativity,” adding, “Creativity improved by about 60% when walking.” The research team added, “For meetings that require creative thinking, conducting the meeting while walking can be a good method.”
The results of this study (Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking) were published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
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2024-04-11 00:46:38
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