Sweat began to Thinking More Creative

Most people desire to make more slender as the motivation to exercise . However , a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience shows , sweat -producing activities that one is also useful for enhancing creativity .

Dutch researchers found that people who exercise regularly tend to be better at generating creative thinking . According to them , physical activity improves people's ability to think more flexibly .

However, the researchers emphasized that such effects can only be felt in those who exercise regularly . Chairman Lorenza Colzato research from Leiden University , the Netherlands , said the research team conducted an analysis of the impact of sports on the creativity of two main parts , namely the divergent and convergent thinking .

Divergent thinking is the thinking that produces many solutions to solve a problem . Meanwhile , convergent thinking can produce the best solution to the problem right .

Colzato and his team asked two groups of respondents to test creative thinking . Meanwhile , the group is required to exercise at least four times a week , the other group was asked not to exercise .

Creativity tests conducted by researchers think that writing down the link of the three words that are not interconnected . They found that the group of respondents who exercise have better scores than any other group .

" Physical activity is good for improving the ability to think creatively , as long as done routinely . If not , then the energy that could be used for nearly think it used to move , " he said .

Colzato added , regular exercise is a healthy and inexpensive way to improve cognitive abilities , including creativity .