Creativity is considered to be an embodied concept, where internal psychological and external behavioral processes are intertwined. Creativity enhancement programs often target the cognitive side of this bi‐dimensionality leaving the impact of motor interventions underexplored. To address this gap in the literature, we tested the effectiveness of two motor programs on motor creativity and divergent thinking (verbal and figural). A total of 92 college students (M_age = 25.36, SD = 2.66) were randomly allocated to a movement improvisation, an aerobic dance, or a control condition. Participants in both motor programs took part in ten 30‐minute classes twice a week over a period of 5 weeks. The findings revealed a significant effect of the motor programs on motor fluency and flexibility. Movement improvisation yielded the greatest effects on those variables, followed by aerobic dancing and control condition. Movement improvisation also impacted significantly more figural originality than the control condition. However, the effects were limited to the motor domain and failed to transfer into other divergent thinking variables. The findings highlighted the contribution of movement programs to creative potential development, and the imperative role of a non‐judgmental environment, where individuals are free to move spontaneously.

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即兴运动和有氧舞蹈对运动创造力和发散思维的影响

创造力被认为是一个具体的概念，内部心理和外部行为过程相互交织。创造力增强计划通常针对这种二维的认知方面，而运动干预的影响尚未得到充分研究。为了解决文献中的这一空白，我们测试了两个运动程序对运动创造力和发散性思维（口头和形象）的有效性。共有92名大学生（M_年龄 = 25.36，SD = 2.66）随机分配给即兴动作，有氧舞蹈或控制条件。参加这两个运动计划的参与者在5周的时间内每周两次参加10次30分钟的课程。研究结果表明，运动程序对运动流畅性和柔韧性有显着影响。即兴运动对这些变量产生最大影响，其次是有氧舞蹈和控制条件。运动即兴创作也比控制状况影响了更多的图形创意。但是，影响仅限于运动领域，未能转移到其他不同的思维变量中。调查结果强调了运动计划对创造潜力的贡献，以及非判断性环境的重要作用，