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Presentation 2023-01-21 10:25
The effects of imagining and observing body movements on creative thinking
Kairi Sugimoto, Katsumi Watanabe (Waseda Univ.) HCS2022-56
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Divergent and convergent thinking in creativity are known to be influenced by body movement. In this study, we examined how the observation and imagination of body movements would affect creative thinking. Participants observed or imagined arm movements of different sizes (bigger/smaller) and came up with imaginary names for rice varieties. Comparison of the number of divergent and convergent responses showed no effect of movements size in the imaginary condition. On the other hand, in the observation condition, the number of divergent thinking increased when a smaller arm movement was observed, and divergent thinking was suppressed when a bigger arm movement was observed. This result is different from those observed in a previous study where bigger movements promoted divergent thinking. Further investigations are needed to consider other factors such as cognitive resources.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) creativity / divergent thinking / convergent thinking / embodied cognition / movement observation / motor imagery / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 122, no. 349, HCS2022-56, pp. 7-11, Jan. 2023.
Paper # HCS2022-56 
Date of Issue 2023-01-14 (HCS) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee HCS  
Conference Date 2023-01-21 - 2023-01-22 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Kyoto Institute of Technology 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Physical Communication, etc. 
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Conference Code 2023-01-HCS 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) The effects of imagining and observing body movements on creative thinking 
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Keyword(1) creativity  
Keyword(2) divergent thinking  
Keyword(3) convergent thinking  
Keyword(4) embodied cognition  
Keyword(5) movement observation  
Keyword(6) motor imagery  
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1st Author's Name Kairi Sugimoto  
1st Author's Affiliation Waseda University (Waseda Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Katsumi Watanabe  
2nd Author's Affiliation Waseda University (Waseda Univ.)
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Date Time 2023-01-21 10:25:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for HCS 
Paper # HCS2022-56 
Volume (vol) vol.122 
Number (no) no.349 
Page pp.7-11 
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Date of Issue 2023-01-14 (HCS) 


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