Can 5 Minutes of Finger Actions Boost Creative Incubation?
Julia F. Christensen,
R. Muralikrishnan,
Marco Münzberg
et al.
Abstract:Previous studies suggest that the activation of the motor system – either via action, motor imagery, or brain stimulation – may increase subsequent performance on divergent thinking tasks (e.g., the alternate uses task; AUT). We tested this idea in a within-subjects design by administering the AUT using four different target objects and four different 5-min incubation tasks that differed in terms of arm and finger movements. In between-subjects designs, 0-back incubation has been shown to yield more creative r… Show more
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