Five Embodied Metaphors That Actually Foster Creative Thinking

People often describe creative thinking in the form of metaphors. We talk about "thinking outside the box," "putting two and two together," and "seeing both sides of the problem." But what if we could boost our creativity by taking these metaphors literally? We know our minds interact in all sorts of interesting ways with our bodies — what if we enacted these metaphors physically?

That’s the question Angela Leung and her colleagues examine in a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. Their findings from five studies demonstrate how a person can become more creative simply by changing their posture, establishing a link between creativity and what psychologists refer to as "embodied cognition."

See the full article at Five Embodied Metaphors That Actually Foster Creative Thinking for all five metaphors and more.

– Brian