Marily Oppezzo: Want to be more creative? Go for a walk
Marily Oppezzo: Vill du bli mer kreativ? Ta en promenad
Marily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind. Full bio
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det här vet ni -
till den slutgiltiga produkten,
det krävs mycket förfining,
you're going to go out for a walk
att du går ut på en promenad
in your left hand.
i din vänsterhand.
process did we focus on?
coming up with a new idea.
att komma på en ny idé.
with a variety of people.
med en variation av människor.
indoors or outdoors.
gick inomhus eller utomhus.
found the same conclusion.
kom till samma slutsats.
about one of them today.
om en av dem idag.
was alternate uses.
var alternativa användningsområden.
ways to use common everyday objects
andra sätt att använda vardagliga saker på
what else would you do with a key,
kan man göra med en nyckel,
for opening up a lock?
för att öppna ett lås?
as a third eyeball for a giraffe, right?
åt en giraff, eller hur?
kind of new. But is it creative?
lite nytt. Men är det kreativt?
as many ideas as they could,
så många idéer de kunde,
that a lot of people go with
som många använder
it has to be realistic,
så måste det vara realistiskt,
a key as an eyeball.
en nyckel som ett öga.
is that nobody had to have said it.
är att ingen annan har sagt det.
that we surveyed could have said it.
i undersökningen kunde ha sagt det.
a key to scratch somebody's car,
använda en nyckel till att repa någons bil
you didn't get credit for it.
får man inte beröm för det.
and it were a murder mystery,
och det var ett mordmysterium,
of the murderer into the ground
på mördaren i marken
because it's appropriate and it's novel.
lämplig och den är ovanlig.
with ideas while you were seated
och kom på idéer antingen när man satt
with different objects.
med olika testpersoner.
började med att sitta
while walking on a treadmill.
medan de gick på ett löpband.
and this is interesting --
och det här är intressant -
and then they sat.
och sedan satt de.
that sat together for the first test,
som satt ner i första testet,
about 20 creative ideas per person.
20 kreativa ideér per person.
on the treadmill
on a treadmill in a windowless room.
i ett rum utan fönster.
test didn't get any better;
blev inte bättre i det andra testet;
and then went on the treadmill
och sedan gick på löpbandet
walking on the treadmill
is that you should go for a walk
är att du borde ta en promenad
and just start brainstorming right away.
och börja brainstorma på direkten.
the best effect possible.
till det bästa möjliga resultatet.
or a topic to brainstorm.
eller ett ämne att brainstorma om.
and all of a sudden,
som man tänker på i förtid.
you're thinking about ahead of time.
att brainstorma från ett annat perspektiv
brainstorming a different perspective
is that if I were running,
would be to stop running, so ...
vara att sluta jogga, så ...
is a comfortable pace, good.
är en bekväm hastighet, bra.
activity is not taking a lot of attention.
uppmärksamhet fungerar.
pace is a good choice.
as many ideas as you can.
så många idéer som du kan.
is to not lock on that first idea.
är att inte fastna för den första idén.
until you pick one or two to pursue.
eller två att fullfölja.
att du inte skriver ner dem,
to write them down,
and record through your phone
och spela in med din telefon,
a creative conversation, right?
en kreativ konversation, eller hur?
your idea down is already a filter.
är redan det ett filter i sig:
"Is this good enough to write down?"
spela in dem och tänk på dem senare.
record them and think about them later.
och idéerna inte kommer till dig,
and that idea's not coming to you,
on a break right now,
en paus just nu,
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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