
Increasing divergent thinking capabilities with music-feedback exercise
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- Thomas Fritz (UGent) , Max Montgomery (UGent) , Eric Busch, Lydia Schneider and Arno Villringer
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- Divergent thinking is an essential aspect of creativity and has been shown to be affected both by music and physical exercise. While it has been shown that making music and physical exercise can be beneficial for Divergent Thinking in isolation, it is unclear whether the effects can be combined. The present experiment investigated the relation of physical exertion and being in control of music on Divergent Thinking and the possibility of an interaction effect. Seventy-seven predominantly young, German participants were tested with measurements of Divergent Thinking collected after either (1) physical exercise with music listening, (2) making music with a knob setup without physical effort (music control only), or (3) making physical exercise with musical feedback (Jymmin (TM)). Results showed greater increases in Divergent Thinking scores following music-feedback exercise compared to conditions of physical exercise with music listening and music control only. The data thus demonstrate that making music part of a physical exercise routine more strongly leads to the benefit of increased creative capacities, which we argue will be beneficial for athletes to prepare for certain types of competition/performance and as part of regeneration training.
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- athlete performance, divergent thinking, creativity, Jymmin, musical, agency, neurology of music, team sports, athlete performance enhancement
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8685976
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- Fritz, Thomas, et al. “Increasing Divergent Thinking Capabilities with Music-Feedback Exercise.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 11, 2020, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578979.
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- Fritz, T., Montgomery, M., Busch, E., Schneider, L., & Villringer, A. (2020). Increasing divergent thinking capabilities with music-feedback exercise. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578979
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- Fritz, Thomas, Max Montgomery, Eric Busch, Lydia Schneider, and Arno Villringer. 2020. “Increasing Divergent Thinking Capabilities with Music-Feedback Exercise.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578979.
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- Fritz, Thomas, Max Montgomery, Eric Busch, Lydia Schneider, and Arno Villringer. 2020. “Increasing Divergent Thinking Capabilities with Music-Feedback Exercise.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578979.
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- 1.Fritz T, Montgomery M, Busch E, Schneider L, Villringer A. Increasing divergent thinking capabilities with music-feedback exercise. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11.
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- [1]T. Fritz, M. Montgomery, E. Busch, L. Schneider, and A. Villringer, “Increasing divergent thinking capabilities with music-feedback exercise,” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 11, 2020.
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