Marily Oppezzo: Want to be more creative? Go for a walk
Marily Oppezzo: Wil je creatiever zijn? Maak een wandeling
Marily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind. Full bio
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you're going to go out for a walk
kapel in je linkerhand.
in your left hand.
proces hebben we op gefocust?
process did we focus on?
coming up with a new idea.
aan nieuwe ideeën geraken.
met verschillende mensen.
with a variety of people.
indoors or outdoors.
tot dezelfde conclusie.
found the same conclusion.
about one of them today.
was alternate uses.
'alternatief gebruik'.
te bedenken voor alledaagse objecten.
ways to use common everyday objects
what else would you do with a key,
doen met een sleutel,
for opening up a lock?
as a third eyeball for a giraffe, right?
een derde oog voor een giraffe, toch?
kind of new. But is it creative?
zoveel ideeën als ze konden
as many ideas as they could,
of ze creatief waren.
that a lot of people go with
it has to be realistic,
moet het realistisch zijn,
niet gebruiken als een oogbal.
a key as an eyeball.
is that nobody had to have said it.
dat niemand anders het had gezegd.
in de eerste plaats passend zijn
that we surveyed could have said it.
uit onze steekproef had gezegd.
a key to scratch somebody's car,
een kras op een auto kan maken
dan kreeg je geen punten.
you didn't get credit for it.
and it were a murder mystery,
of the murderer into the ground
van je moordenaar in de grond kerven
want het is passend en nieuw.
because it's appropriate and it's novel.
with ideas while you were seated
op ideeën komen, terwijl je zat,
with different objects.
met andere voorwerpen.
de eerste zat eerst
while walking on a treadmill.
wandelend op de loopband.
and this is interesting --
and then they sat.
that sat together for the first test,
die zaten voor de eerste test
20 creatieve ideeën per persoon.
about 20 creative ideas per person.
on the treadmill
on a treadmill in a windowless room.
in een kamer zonder ramen.
werden niet beter;
test didn't get any better;
and then went on the treadmill
en dan op de loopband gingen,
walking on the treadmill
effect van dat wandelen,
is that you should go for a walk
en begin meteen met brainstormen.
and just start brainstorming right away.
the best effect possible.
zo goed mogelijk benut.
or a topic to brainstorm.
of onderwerp je na wilt denken.
over een eurekamoment,
een idee vanuit het niets in je opkomt.
and all of a sudden,
you're thinking about ahead of time.
over een alternatief tijdens het wandelen.
brainstorming a different perspective
is that if I were running,
als ik ging hardlopen,
would be to stop running, so ...
om te stoppen met hardlopen.
is a comfortable pace, good.
lekker vindt, prima.
activity is not taking a lot of attention.
lichamelijke inspanning die niet afleidt.
pace is a good choice.
lopen is een goede keuze.
as many ideas as you can.
ideeën verzinnen.
is dat je verder kijkt dan je eerste idee.
is to not lock on that first idea.
en kies er uiteindelijk een of twee uit.
until you pick one or two to pursue.
to write them down,
ik moet ze opschrijven,
en neemt het op met je telefoon,
and record through your phone
a creative conversation, right?
je een creatief gesprek voert.
your idea down is already a filter.
is eigenlijk al een filter.
"Is this good enough to write down?"
en dan schrijf je het op.
neem ze op en denk er later over na.
record them and think about them later.
and that idea's not coming to you,
en komen er geen ideeën,
on a break right now,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marily Oppezzo - Behavioral and learning scientistMarily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind.
Why you should listen
Inheriting an energetic passion for health from her dad, Marily Oppezzo's past research has investigated ways to use the world to motivate healthy brains and healthy behaviors. She is currently an Instructor of Medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She is also working with Dr. Dan Schwartz to find out if fidgeting in the classroom may be a desirable cognitive tool rather than an irritating hallmark of inattention, and she's working with Dr. Margaret Neale and Dr. Jodi Prochaska to discover how walking may improve negotiation outcomes.
Along her way, Oppezzo has collected several souvenir lessons from her range of work and educational experiences:
Bartending:
1. The environment has incredible power to elicit and shape behaviors; and
2. Everyone has at least one interesting story in them.
Dietetics:
1. Biochemistry is fascinating;
2. We grant food immense powers. It can be simultaneously viewed as a vehicle of health, morality, social bonding, government conspiracy, inequality and pleasure; and
3. A plateful of knowledge doesn't always help the medicine go down.
Teaching / education:
1. Watching people learn, grow, and change is a deep gratification unique to teaching and behavior change work; and
2. Learning, like behavior change, takes distributed practice to become part of you. (We can’t binge-watch knowledge any more than we should pull flossing all-nighters).
Cardiac rehab:
1. Everyone has the capacity to be an inspiration and in surprising, unexpected ways; and
2. Health becomes incredibly valuable once you experience a true loss of it; and
3. Exercise is the ultimate multitasker: it can heal the brain, the heart and the body all at once.
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