[HN Gopher] Stanford study finds walking improves creativity (Ap...
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Stanford study finds walking improves creativity (April 24, 2014)
Author : CynicusRex
Score : 36 points
Date : 2021-03-23 19:18 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| Dig1t wrote:
| I find that walking makes me more creative because its so boring.
| My mind starts to wander and try and entertain itself. Its nice
| to get out and enjoy nature, but on the whole I find that walking
| is mentally beneficial because it reduces stimulus and allows my
| mind to explore ideas.
| droidist2 wrote:
| I think this is the mechanism behind the shower effect too.
| 8bitsrule wrote:
| Beethoven found that out back in the 1790s.
| betwixthewires wrote:
| I believe this. When I'm working on something programming related
| I take frequent breaks to pace or walk around a little. Picked up
| the habit from my first dev related job, where my boss, prick
| though he was, didn't give a shit if you took a smoke break every
| 15 minutes. I no longer smoke but I still take breaks any time I
| feel like I'm zoning out and walk around a little, it helps a
| lot.
| paperwasp42 wrote:
| Interesting to see this confirmed by a study. As a writer, I've
| always found walks to be immensely helpful when plotting. A brisk
| 30-min walk is usually enough to solve any tricky plot-holes I
| run into.
|
| Running has a similar, but immensely stronger, effect. Generally,
| I have near constant dialogue between my characters going on in
| the back of my head. When I run, it simply engulfs my mind,
| making it hard to concentrate on anything else. I cannot have
| "jogging buddies" for this reason. It's simply too difficult to
| listen/react to them when I have an overwhelming stream of
| imaginary conversation filling my skull.
| chiefalchemist wrote:
| I've solved plenty of nagging problems e.g., what missing from
| this code?) 20 to 30 mins into a 60 min run. The rhythm and the
| disconnect gives my mind just enough space to step back,
| rethink, and then solve.
|
| Btw, the book "Your Brain at Work" by David Rock is worth a
| read if reading is your thing.
|
| https://davidrock.net/books/
| Frost1x wrote:
| >Running has a similar, but immensely stronger, effect.
| Generally, I have near constant dialogue between my characters
| going on in the back of my head. When I run, it simply engulfs
| my mind, making it hard to concentrate on anything else. I
| cannot have "jogging buddies" for this reason. It's simply too
| difficult to listen/react to them when I have an overwhelming
| stream of imaginary conversation filling my skull.
|
| I found the opposite effect for myself. While walking and basic
| physical exercise tends to improve my ability to tackle
| problems more creatively, running or high intensity exercise
| gets me in a survival mode where I can't think about complex
| and abstract problems deeply. Was a downside because I always
| wished I could multitask on 40-60 minute runs, killing two
| birds with one stone. Instead I can't get anything done but an
| intense cardio exercise.
| TomJansen wrote:
| I have jogging buddies sometimes but we don't talk when we are
| running, so that could be an option?
| tanylak wrote:
| Now I gotta get off this chair. Stop reading hacker news and go
| for a walk.
|
| Thanks. :)
| cafard wrote:
| Curious not to find a mention of the peripatetics.
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