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Direct linkSlepian, Michael L.; Ambady, Nalini – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2012
Cognitive scientists describe creativity as fluid thought. Drawing from findings on gesture and embodied cognition, we hypothesized that the physical experience of fluidity, relative to nonfluidity, would lead to more fluid, creative thought. Across 3 experiments, fluid arm movement led to enhanced creativity in 3 domains: creative generation,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Experimental Psychology, Human Body
Oppezzo, Marily; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Four experiments demonstrate that walking boosts creative ideation in real time and shortly after. In Experiment 1, while seated and then when walking on a treadmill, adults completed Guilford's alternate uses (GAU) test of creative divergent thinking and the compound remote associates (CRA) test of convergent thinking. Walking increased 81% of…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Experimental Psychology, Physical Activities, Motion
Liberman, Nira; Polack, Orli; Hameiri, Boaz; Blumenfeld, Maayan – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
According to construal level theory, psychological distance promotes more abstract thought. Theories of creativity, in turn, suggest that abstract thought promotes creativity. Based on these lines of theorizing, we predicted that spatial distancing would enhance creative performance in elementary school children. To test this prediction, we primed…
Descriptors: Priming, Elementary School Students, Creativity, Creativity Tests
Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
