Abstract Physical activity is fast emerging as a predictor of complex cognitive processes, yet its impact on creativity is not well researched. This study analyzes the immediate and retention effects of an enjoyable physical activity intervention at the end of the workday on the divergent and convergent thinking components of creativity via a randomized controlled trial of 68 MBA students. The treatment group participated in a 15-min enjoyable physical activity (dance), and the control group participated in an enjoyable nonphysical activity (socialization), and their impact on divergent and convergent thinking was measured via parallel forms of Guilford Alternate Uses Task and Remote Association Task, respectively. Dance significantly improved divergent and convergent thinking immediately after the intervention and also showed retention at the end of the work day compared with preintervention levels, whereas socialization showed such an effect only on flexibility immediately after the intervention and no retention. The results support executive function hypothesis and ego depletion theory.

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体育锻炼对个人创造力的影响：日常分析

摘要 体育活动正在迅速成为复杂认知过程的预测指标，但其对创造力的影响尚未得到很好的研究。本研究通过对 68 名 MBA 学生的随机对照试验，分析了在工作日结束时进行愉快的体育活动干预对创造力的发散性和收敛性思维成分的直接和保留效果。治疗组参加了 15 分钟的愉快体育活动（舞蹈），对照组参加了愉快的非体育活动（社交），并通过吉尔福德交替使用任务和远程任务的平行形式测量了它们对发散性和收敛性思维的影响关联任务，分别。与干预前的水平相比，舞蹈在干预后立即显着改善了发散性和收敛性思维，并且在工作日结束时也表现出保持力，而社交仅在干预后立即对灵活性产生这种影响，而没有保持力。结果支持执行功能假说和自我耗竭理论。