If you really want to harness your creativity, get out of your chair, leave your office and take a walk, says Oppezzo, an educational psychologist at Stanford who studies the impact of movement and exercise on creative thinking. Research proves that thinking while walking has a measurable effect on our ability to come up with new ideas or to solve problems. In this short talk, Oppezzo tells us simple steps to take so that we can harness the power of walking to enhance creativity.
Marily Oppezzo is a behavioral and learning scientist who studies how peoples’ physical and mental environments can positively impact learning and health behaviors. Her background at the intersection of education, psychology, and health science puts her in a unique position to research health - specifically sedentary behavior, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Oppezzo earned a Masters in Nutritional Science, with thesis research at the Stanford General Clinical Research Center. She studied pathophysiology of disease progression at Palo Alto Veteran’s Affairs Hospital while earning her license as a Registered Dietitian; and her doctorate in educational psychology at Stanford. Opprezzo is finishing her post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford’s Prevention Research Center in health behavior change and chronic disease prevention.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx