Exercise enhances creativity independently of mood

Steinberg, Hannah; Sykes, Elizabeth A.; Moss, Timothy; Lowery, Susan; LeBoutillier, Nick; Dewey, Alison

doi:10.1136/bjsm.31.3.240

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“…Broadly speaking, each of these psychological components associated with NE activity has also been given attention in the creativity literature. Moderate levels of affective states such as positive feelings achieved after exercise do enhance creative thinking skills [20,10], and moderate (compared to extremely high or low) levels of vigilance and attention either improves creative production or is associated with better performance in creative versus non-creative thinkers [9,12]. Although data linking each of these findings directly to the NE system are unavailable, comparing the analogous neural mechanisms that underlie these processes could elucidate individual mechanisms that contribute to creativity.…”

Section: The Role Of the Ne Systemmentioning

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“…Accordingly, exercise has also been shown to enhance creative thought. When subjects solve creative tests after periods of exercise, scores on specific measures of creativity that require flexibility (an ability to overcome overlearned responses) increase independently of mood ratings [10]. Endogenous regulation of NE can also occur as a result of the sleep/waking cycles.…”

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“…In turn, fluctuating NE levels are associated with several of the physiological states that have been found to enhance creativity such as decreased attention [9], vigilance [10,11], and arousal [12]. Several of the structural and neurochemical changes found in brain tissue related to NE, lipid, and protein changes are overrepresented in conditions where divergent thinking and remote associations are more common [13][14][15][16].…”

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Recent evidence suggests that genetic and biochemical factors associated with psychoses may also provide an increased propensity to think creatively. The evolutionary theories linking brain growth and diet to the appearance of creative endeavors have been made recently, but they lack a direct link to research on the biological correlates of divergent and creative thought. Expanding upon Horrobin's theory that changes in brain size and in neural microconnectivity came about as a result of changes in dietary fat and phospholipid incorporation of highly unsaturated fatty acids, we propose a theory relating phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2 ) activity to the neuromodulatory effects of the noradrenergic system. This theory offers probable links between attention, divergent thinking, and arousal through a mechanism that emphasizes optimal individual functioning of the PLA 2 and NE systems as they interact with structural and biochemical states of the brain. We hope that this theory will stimulate new research in the neural basis of creativity and its connection to psychoses.

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“…96 Regular exercise enhances creativity, 97 through a mechanism that appears independent of its effects on mood. 98 Cognitive Training and Education. In both science and the arts, traditional education has been the longest-used technique in imparting creative skill.…”

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Brain Illness and Creativity: Mechanisms and Treatment Risks

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2011

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Highlights • Psychiatric and neurological drug choice may alter patients' creativity, sometimes in counterintuitive ways. • To preserve creativity, treatments that enhance dopaminergic function are more helpful than those that decrease dopaminergic function. • Traits that in stressful environments increase vulnerability to illness may, in permissive environments, help creativity. Brain diseases and their treatment may help or hurt creativity in ways that shape quality of life. Increased creative drive is associated with bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis, temporal lobe epilepsy, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson disease treatments, and autism. Creativity depends on goal-driven approach motivation from midbrain dopaminergic systems. Fear-driven avoidance motivation is of less aid to creativity. When serotonin and norepinephrine lower motivation and flexible behaviour, they can inhibit creativity. Hemispheric lateralization and frontotemporal connections must interact to create new ideas and conceptual schemes. The right brain and temporal lobe contribute skill in novelty detection, while the left brain and frontal lobe foster approach motivation and more easily generate new patterns of action from the novel perceptions. Genes and phenotypes that increase plasticity and creativity in tolerant environments with relaxed selection pressure may confer risk in rigorous environments. Few papers substantively address this important but fraught topic. Antidepressants (ADs) that inhibit fear-driven motivation, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, sometimes inhibit goal-oriented motivation as well. ADs that boost goal-directed motivation, such as bupropion, may remediate this effect. Benzodiazepines and alcohol may be counterproductive. Although dopaminergic agonists sometimes stimulate creativity, their doing so may inappropriately disinhibit behaviour. Dopamine antagonists may suppress creative motivation; lithium and anticonvulsant mood stabilizers may do so less. Physical exercise and REM sleep may help creativity. Art therapy and psychotherapy are not well studied. Preserving creative motivation can help creativity and other aspects of well-being in all patients, not just artists or researchers.

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“…也有一些研究关注了身体活动对于创造性思维的影响，且涉及的都为较为剧烈的身体活动 (Colzato, Szapora, Pannekoek, & Hommel, 2013;Gondola & Tuckman, 1985;Gondola, 1986Gondola, , 1987Steinberg et al, 1997) (Lajoie et al, 1993(Lajoie et al, , 1996，走比站占用更多的注意资源以保持平衡 (Lajoie et al, 1993(Lajoie et al, , 1996 …”

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The Effect of the Bodily State on Creative Thinking and the Mechanism

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Most of us are sitting down to think and solve complex or challenging problems. However, some eminent people often preferred other bodily states (bodily postures or physical activities) for getting original thoughts or solutions. Can bodily postures or physical activities of an individual really affect the generation of creative ideas? If so, which is the best way for creativity? Why and how can they enhance creativity? There is an increasing interest in embodied cognition and the role of bodily state in human cognitive processes. However, very little research has focused on higherlevel processes like human creativity from this viewpoint. This paper reviews the literature on the effect of the bodily states on human cognition, especially creativity, thus providing insight into the theory of embodied cognition, the recent findings of the relevant study and the possible mechanisms underlying this effect. Future studies should systematically compare the effect of different bodily states on creative thinking and study on the mechanisms by empirical studies.

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Exercise enhances creativity independently of mood

Abstract: (BrJ Sports Med 1997;31:240-245)

Cited by 99 publications

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Psychoses and creativity: is the missing link a biological mechanism related to phospholipids turnover?

Psychoses and creativity: is the missing link a biological mechanism related to phospholipids turnover?

Brain Illness and Creativity: Mechanisms and Treatment Risks

The Effect of the Bodily State on Creative Thinking and the Mechanism

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