A Review of Experimental Research on Embodied Creativity: Revisiting the Mind-Body Connection

Autor/inn/en	Frith, Emily; Miller, Stephanie; Loprinzi, Paul D.
Titel	A Review of Experimental Research on Embodied Creativity: Revisiting the Mind-Body Connection
Quelle	In: Journal of Creative Behavior, 54 (2020) 4, S.767-798 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0175
DOI	10.1002/jocb.406
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Cognitive Processes; Human Body; Motion; Nonverbal Communication; Dance; Freehand Drawing; Teaching Methods; Outcomes of Education; Databases; Research Reports; Figurative Language; Measurement; Comparative Analysis; Control Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Menschlicher Körper; Bewegungsablauf; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Tanz; Drawing; Zeichnen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Datenbank; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Messverfahren
Abstract	A growing body of experimental work highlights the potential value of unstructured, interactive, or spontaneous motions, including gestures, dance, shifting body postures, physical object-manipulation, drawing, etc. to favorably impact creative performance. However, despite these favorable findings, to our knowledge, no systematic review has been conducted to explore the totality of evidence for embodied activities in this arena. Thus, the objective of this paper was to systematically evaluate the potential effects of embodied experimental manipulations on traditionally assessed creativity outcomes. A systematic review was conducted utilizing PubMed, PsychInfo, Sports Discus, and Google Scholar databases. The 20 studies evaluated employed a variety of methodological approaches regarding study design, embodied manipulation, and selection of specific creativity outcomes. Despite these variations, embodied movement robustly enhanced creativity across nearly all studies (90%), with no studies showing a detrimental effect. Based on the evaluation of the studies reviewed, several common themes emerged. These included the relevance of symbolic metaphors and distributed embodied cognitions, selection of embodied modality, specific measurement considerations, as well as the importance for implementing true, inactive control conditions in embodied creativity research. This review expands on these findings and places them in the context of improving future embodied creativity research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01