Walking improves creativity

For those who are looking for inspiration, scientists recommend going out and taking a walk. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology has shown that it works.

Researchers at Stanford University have conducted several small studies on the impact of walking on the creative rise. The subjects were asked to pass the tests of creativity before and after a walk in the fresh air. The results of the study wrote the newspaper The New York Times:

Virtually every student experienced a creative upsurge, just walking on foot. Many of them felt a 60 percent increase in creativity. During and after the walk, volunteers showed much better results than before. The effect persisted even when they finished walking.

And it is not necessary to walk in the fresh air. Walking around the office is also useful, say the researchers.

When volunteers walked around the well-kept area of ​​Stanford University for about eight minutes, they generated more creative ideas than when they were just inside or outside the same amount of time. A walk in the fresh air had a slightly larger effect than walking through the corridors and looking at the blank walls.

The effect of the walk was short-lived, but significant. While it is not entirely clear why walking increases creativity. Researchers believe this may be due to mood elevation, or simply because exercise improves blood flow to the brain. By the way, recently, American scientists have found that regular walks increase the size of some areas of the brain associated with thinking and memory.

Therefore, if you feel fatigue and inspiration, get up and go outside. And still get enough sleep so as not to lose the soundness of thoughts.

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