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- Taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting according to research at Stanford University. In one of several [studies], 48 college students sat alone in a small room at a desk facing a blank wall. When a researcher named an object, the student was asked to name alternative ways to use the object. For example,for the word "button," a person might say "as a doorknob on a dollhouse "The students heard several sets of words and were asked to name as many responses as possible. The participants then repeated the task with different words while walking on a treadmill facing a blank wall in the same room.. They found that the students gave more creative responses when walking than when sitting. square
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