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From the Ted Talk by Marily Oppezzo: Want to be more creative? Go for a walk

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(ltuhgear)

And it's a creative idea, because it's appropriate and it's novel.

You either did this test and came up with ieads while you were seated or while you were waknlig on a tladeirml.

(Laughter)

They did the test twice, with different objects. Three groups: the first group sat first and then sat again for the second test. The second group sat first and then did the second test while walking on a treadmill. The third group — and this is interesting — they walked on the treadmill first, and then they sat. OK, so the two groups that sat together for the first test, they lkeood pretty similar to each other, and they averaged about 20 cetviare ideas per person. The group that was walking on the treadmill did almost twice as well. And they were just walking on a treadmill in a windowless room. Remember, they took the test twice. The people who sat twice for that second test didn't get any better; practice didn't help. But these same people who were sitting and then went on the treadmill got a bosot from walking. Here's the interesting thing. The people who were walking on the treadmill still had a residue eecfft of the walking, and they were still creative afterwards. So the imliatopcin of this is that you should go for a walk before your next big meeting and just start brainstorming right away.

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(________)

And it's a creative idea, because it's appropriate and it's novel.

You either did this test and came up with _____ while you were seated or while you were _______ on a _________.

(Laughter)

They did the test twice, with different objects. Three groups: the first group sat first and then sat again for the second test. The second group sat first and then did the second test while walking on a treadmill. The third group — and this is interesting — they walked on the treadmill first, and then they sat. OK, so the two groups that sat together for the first test, they ______ pretty similar to each other, and they averaged about 20 ________ ideas per person. The group that was walking on the treadmill did almost twice as well. And they were just walking on a treadmill in a windowless room. Remember, they took the test twice. The people who sat twice for that second test didn't get any better; practice didn't help. But these same people who were sitting and then went on the treadmill got a _____ from walking. Here's the interesting thing. The people who were walking on the treadmill still had a residue ______ of the walking, and they were still creative afterwards. So the ___________ of this is that you should go for a walk before your next big meeting and just start brainstorming right away.

Solution


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  2. implication
  3. ideas
  4. laughter
  5. looked
  6. walking
  7. boost
  8. creative
  9. treadmill

Original Text


(Laughter)

And it's a creative idea, because it's appropriate and it's novel.

You either did this test and came up with ideas while you were seated or while you were walking on a treadmill.

(Laughter)

They did the test twice, with different objects. Three groups: the first group sat first and then sat again for the second test. The second group sat first and then did the second test while walking on a treadmill. The third group — and this is interesting — they walked on the treadmill first, and then they sat. OK, so the two groups that sat together for the first test, they looked pretty similar to each other, and they averaged about 20 creative ideas per person. The group that was walking on the treadmill did almost twice as well. And they were just walking on a treadmill in a windowless room. Remember, they took the test twice. The people who sat twice for that second test didn't get any better; practice didn't help. But these same people who were sitting and then went on the treadmill got a boost from walking. Here's the interesting thing. The people who were walking on the treadmill still had a residue effect of the walking, and they were still creative afterwards. So the implication of this is that you should go for a walk before your next big meeting and just start brainstorming right away.

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