ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marily Oppezzo - Behavioral and learning scientist
Marily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind.

Why you should listen

Inheriting an energetic passion for health from her dad, Marily Oppezzo's past research has investigated ways to use the world to motivate healthy brains and healthy behaviors. She is currently an Instructor of Medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She is also working with Dr. Dan Schwartz to find out if fidgeting in the classroom may be a desirable cognitive tool rather than an irritating hallmark of inattention, and she's working with Dr. Margaret Neale and Dr. Jodi Prochaska to discover how walking may improve negotiation outcomes.

Along her way, Oppezzo has collected several souvenir lessons from her range of work and educational experiences:

Bartending:
1. The environment has incredible power to elicit and shape behaviors; and
2. Everyone has at least one interesting story in them.
 
Dietetics:
1. Biochemistry is fascinating;
2. We grant food immense powers. It can be simultaneously viewed as a vehicle of health, morality, social bonding, government conspiracy, inequality and pleasure; and
3. A plateful of knowledge doesn't always help the medicine go down.  
 
Teaching / education:
1. Watching people learn, grow, and change is a deep gratification unique to teaching and behavior change work; and
2. Learning, like behavior change, takes distributed practice to become part of you. (We can’t binge-watch knowledge any more than we should pull flossing all-nighters).
 
Cardiac rehab:
1. Everyone has the capacity to be an inspiration and in surprising, unexpected ways; and
2. Health becomes incredibly valuable once you experience a true loss of it; and
3. Exercise is the ultimate multitasker: it can heal the brain, the heart and the body all at once.

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Marily Oppezzo: Want to be more creative? Go for a walk

瑪瑞莉 · 阿珮佐: 想要更有創意嗎?散個步吧

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當試圖提出新想法時,我們都有被困住的時候。根據行為和學習科學家瑪瑞莉 · 阿珮佐的研究,很可能只要站起來、去個散步,就會讓你創意泉湧。 在這輕快有趣的演講中,她解釋步行如何有助於你在下一次的腦力激盪裡充分發揮。
- Behavioral and learning scientist
Marily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind. Full bio

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The creative創作的 process處理 -- you know this --
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創意流程……你們知道的……
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from the first idea理念 to the final最後 product產品,
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從第一個想法到最終的產品,
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is a long process處理.
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是一個漫長的過程:
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It's super-iterative超級反覆運算, lots of refinement精緻,
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超級重複、很多微調,
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blood血液, sweat, tears眼淚 and years年份.
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流血、流汗、流淚和漫長的歲月。
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And we're not saying
you're going to go out for a walk步行
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這可不是說,你出去走一圈,
回來時曠世靈感就唾手而得。
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and come back with the Sistine西斯廷 Chapel教堂
in your left hand.
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00:29
So what frame of the creative創作的
process處理 did we focus焦點 on?
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那麼,創意流程的哪一部分
我們應該特別關注呢?
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Just this first part部分.
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就是這一開始的部分,
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Just brainstorming頭腦風暴,
coming未來 up with a new idea理念.
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關於腦力激盪,產生新點子。
00:38
We actually其實 ran four studies學習
with a variety品種 of people.
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實際上我們對各式各樣的人
進行了四項研究,
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You were either walking步行
indoors在室內 or outdoors在戶外.
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在室內或室外走路。
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And all of these studies學習
found發現 the same相同 conclusion結論.
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所有的研究都取得相同的結論。
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I'm only going to tell you
about one of them today今天.
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今天我只告訴你們其中一個。
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One of the tests測試 we used for creativity創造力
was alternate備用 uses使用.
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其中一個創造力的測試是替代用途。
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In this test測試, you have four minutes分鐘.
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你有四分鐘的測試時間
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Your job工作 is to come up with as many許多 other
ways方法 to use common共同 everyday每天 objects對象
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盡可能為普通日常物品
想出多種其他用途。
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as you can think of.
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So, for example,
what else其他 would you do with a key,
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例如,鑰匙除了用來開鎖,
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other than to use it
for opening開盤 up a lock?
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還能用來做什麼?
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Clearly明確地, you could use it
as a third第三 eyeball眼球 for a giraffe長頸鹿, right?
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很顯然,你可以把它當作
長頸鹿的第三個眼球,對吧?
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Maybe. That's sort分類 of interesting有趣,
kind of new. But is it creative創作的?
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也許,有點意思,算是新的。
但它有創意嗎?
01:17
So people came來了 up with
as many許多 ideas思路 as they could,
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人們盡可能提出多種想法,
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and we had to decide決定:
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我們必須判斷
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Is this creative創作的 or not?
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是否有創意?
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The definition定義 of creativity創造力
that a lot of people go with
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很多人認同創造力的定義
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is "appropriate適當 novelty新奇."
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是「適當的新穎」。
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For something to be appropriate適當,
it has to be realistic實際,
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因為要適當,它必須是實際的,
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so unfortunately不幸, you can't use
a key as an eyeball眼球.
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所以,很不幸,
你不能把鑰匙當作眼球。
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Boo!
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噓!
01:37
But "novel小說," the second第二 thing,
is that nobody沒有人 had to have said it.
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但,第二樣的「新穎」,
必須是沒有人說過的。
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So for us, it had to be appropriate適當 first,
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所以對我們來說,首先要適當,
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and then for novelty新奇,
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然後要新穎,
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nobody沒有人 else其他 in the entire整個 population人口
that we surveyed調查 could have said it.
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在所有我們調查過的人當中
沒有其他人這樣說過。
01:50
So you might威力 think you could use
a key to scratch somebody's某人的 car汽車,
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或許你想到可以用鑰匙
去刮傷某人的汽車,
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but if somebody else其他 said that,
you didn't get credit信用 for it.
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但如果有別的人也這樣說,
你就不算得分,
你們兩個都不算得分。
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Neither也不 of you did.
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01:58
However然而, only one person said this:
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但是,只有一個人這樣說:
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"If you were dying垂死
and it were a murder謀殺 mystery神秘,
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「如果這是個謀殺之謎而你快死了,
02:05
and you had to carve雕刻 the name名稱
of the murderer兇手 into the ground地面
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你必須把兇手的名字和你的遺言
(用鑰匙)一同刻在地面上。」
02:08
with your dying垂死 words."
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02:10
One person said this.
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有個人這樣說。
02:11
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
02:12
And it's a creative創作的 idea理念,
because it's appropriate適當 and it's novel小說.
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這是個有創意的想法,
因為它適當且新穎。
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You either did this test測試 and came來了 up
with ideas思路 while you were seated坐在
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你要麼坐著的時候受測
而想出新想法,
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or while you were walking步行 on a treadmill跑步機.
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要麼在跑步機上行走的時候想。
02:22
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
02:24
They did the test測試 twice兩次,
with different不同 objects對象.
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他們測試兩次,用不同的物件。
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Three groups: the first group satSAT first
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共三組:第一組先坐著,
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and then satSAT again for the second第二 test測試.
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然後第二次測試時又坐著;
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The second第二 group satSAT first
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第二組先坐,
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and then did the second第二 test測試
while walking步行 on a treadmill跑步機.
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然後第二次在跑步機上行走時測試。
02:38
The third第三 group --
and this is interesting有趣 --
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第三組,這很有趣,
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they walked on the treadmill跑步機 first,
and then they satSAT.
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他們先在跑步機上走,
然後坐了下來。
02:44
OK, so the two groups
that satSAT together一起 for the first test測試,
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好,第一次測試時坐著的兩個小組,
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they looked看著 pretty漂亮 similar類似 to each other,
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他們的結果看起來很相似,
02:50
and they averaged平均
about 20 creative創作的 ideas思路 per person.
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平均每個人有 20 個新點子。
02:54
The group that was walking步行
on the treadmill跑步機
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先在跑步機上走的那一組人,
02:56
did almost幾乎 twice兩次 as well.
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他們的表現幾乎雙倍的好。
02:59
And they were just walking步行
on a treadmill跑步機 in a windowless無窗 room房間.
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而他們只不過在
無窗房間裡的跑步機上走走而已。
請記住,他們參加了兩次測試。
03:04
Remember記得, they took the test測試 twice兩次.
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03:06
The people who satSAT twice兩次 for that second第二
test測試 didn't get any better;
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兩次都坐著的人
第二次測試並沒有好轉,
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practice實踐 didn't help.
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練習沒有幫助。
03:12
But these same相同 people who were sitting坐在
and then went on the treadmill跑步機
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但是那些先坐再上跑步機走的人,
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got a boost促進 from walking步行.
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步行使他們加分。
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Here's這裡的 the interesting有趣 thing.
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有趣的是,
03:19
The people who were
walking步行 on the treadmill跑步機
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那些在跑步機上走過的人,
03:21
still had a residue殘留 effect影響 of the walking步行,
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仍然殘留著步行的效應,
03:24
and they were still creative創作的 afterwards之後.
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之後他們仍然有創意。
03:26
So the implication意義 of this
is that you should go for a walk步行
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所以這實驗的含義是
在下次開重要會議前應該去散步,
03:29
before your next下一個 big meeting會議
and just start開始 brainstorming頭腦風暴 right away.
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立刻開始腦力激盪。
我們給你五個提示,
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We have five tips提示 for you
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03:36
that will help make this
the best最好 effect影響 possible可能.
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將有助於達到最佳效果。
03:39
First, you want to pick a problem問題
or a topic話題 to brainstorm頭腦風暴.
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首先,挑一個腦力激盪的問題或題目。
03:44
So, this is not the shower淋浴 effect影響,
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這不是淋浴的效果,
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when you're in the shower淋浴
and all of a sudden突然,
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不是在你洗澡的時候,突然間,
從洗髮精瓶中蹦出一個新想法。
03:48
a new idea理念 pops持久性有機污染物 out of the shampoo洗頭 bottle瓶子.
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這是事先思考,
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This is something
you're thinking思維 about ahead of time.
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在散步時刻意思考,
腦力激盪出不同的觀點。
03:53
They're intentionally故意地 thinking思維 about
brainstorming頭腦風暴 a different不同 perspective透視
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03:57
on the walk步行.
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Secondly其次 -- I get asked this a lot:
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其次,我常被問到:
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Is this OK while running賽跑?
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跑步可以嗎?
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Well, the answer回答 for me
is that if I were running賽跑,
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我的答案是
如果我正在跑步,
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the only new idea理念 I would have
would be to stop running賽跑, so ...
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腦袋裡會產生的唯一新想法
就是「我要停下來不跑了」,
所以......
04:09
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
04:10
But if running賽跑 for you
is a comfortable自在 pace步伐, good.
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但是如果跑步的步調
讓你覺得很舒適,很好。
04:14
It turns out, whatever隨你 physical物理
activity活動 is not taking服用 a lot of attention注意.
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事實證明,任何不需要你
特別專注的運動都好。
04:18
So just walking步行 at a comfortable自在
pace步伐 is a good choice選擇.
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所以,以舒適的步調散步
是個好選擇。
04:22
Also, you want to come up with
as many許多 ideas思路 as you can.
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另外,你得要盡可能
想出更多的新點子。
04:25
One key of creativity創造力
is to not lock on that first idea理念.
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一個創造力的關鍵
是不要鎖定那第一個想法,
04:28
Keep going.
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繼續想,
繼續想新點子,
04:30
Keep coming未來 up with new ones那些,
until直到 you pick one or two to pursue追求.
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直到你挑出一兩個來發展。
04:35
You might威力 worry擔心 that you don't want
to write them down,
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你可能擔心沒寫下來,
04:38
because what if you forget忘記 them?
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如果忘了怎麼辦?
04:39
So the idea理念 here is to speak說話 them.
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這裡的做法是說出來。
04:41
Everybody每個人 was speaking請講 their new ideas思路.
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每個人都說出新的想法。
04:43
So you can put your headphones頭戴耳機 on
and record記錄 through通過 your phone電話
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你可以戴上耳機,用手機錄音,
04:47
and then just pretend假裝 you're having
a creative創作的 conversation會話, right?
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假裝你在進行創造性的對話,
04:50
Because the act法案 of writing寫作
your idea理念 down is already已經 a filter過濾.
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因為把想法寫下來的行為
已經是一個過濾的動作。
04:54
You're going to be like,
"Is this good enough足夠 to write down?"
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你可能會想:「這值得寫下來嗎?」
然後你把它寫下來。
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And then you write it down.
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所以,盡可能多說,
錄下來,稍後再考慮吧。
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So just speak說話 as many許多 as you can,
record記錄 them and think about them later後來.
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最後,不要一直這樣做。
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And finally最後: don't do this forever永遠. Right?
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05:04
If you're on the walk步行
and that idea's思想的 not coming未來 to you,
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如果你散步時想不出點子,
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come back to it later後來 at another另一個 time.
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稍後再回來做。
05:10
I think we're coming未來 up
on a break打破 right now,
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似乎我們的中場休息時間到了,
05:12
so I have an idea理念:
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我有個想法:
05:14
Why don't you grab a leash皮帶
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何不拿一條鏈索,
05:16
and take your thoughts思念 for a walk步行?
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牽著你的想法去散步?
05:19
Thank you.
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謝謝。
05:20
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Helen Chang
Reviewed by Marssi Draw

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marily Oppezzo - Behavioral and learning scientist
Marily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind.

Why you should listen

Inheriting an energetic passion for health from her dad, Marily Oppezzo's past research has investigated ways to use the world to motivate healthy brains and healthy behaviors. She is currently an Instructor of Medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She is also working with Dr. Dan Schwartz to find out if fidgeting in the classroom may be a desirable cognitive tool rather than an irritating hallmark of inattention, and she's working with Dr. Margaret Neale and Dr. Jodi Prochaska to discover how walking may improve negotiation outcomes.

Along her way, Oppezzo has collected several souvenir lessons from her range of work and educational experiences:

Bartending:
1. The environment has incredible power to elicit and shape behaviors; and
2. Everyone has at least one interesting story in them.
 
Dietetics:
1. Biochemistry is fascinating;
2. We grant food immense powers. It can be simultaneously viewed as a vehicle of health, morality, social bonding, government conspiracy, inequality and pleasure; and
3. A plateful of knowledge doesn't always help the medicine go down.  
 
Teaching / education:
1. Watching people learn, grow, and change is a deep gratification unique to teaching and behavior change work; and
2. Learning, like behavior change, takes distributed practice to become part of you. (We can’t binge-watch knowledge any more than we should pull flossing all-nighters).
 
Cardiac rehab:
1. Everyone has the capacity to be an inspiration and in surprising, unexpected ways; and
2. Health becomes incredibly valuable once you experience a true loss of it; and
3. Exercise is the ultimate multitasker: it can heal the brain, the heart and the body all at once.

More profile about the speaker
Marily Oppezzo | Speaker | TED.com