Breaking Barriers: The Effect of Physical Movement on Creative Performance in a Foreign Language

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Keyword: Education

Abstract: This study investigates how movement affects creativity in an L2. Participants complete metaphor generation, story completion, and visual-verbal interpretation tasks using a between-subjects design. The control group sits and reads before tasks while the experimental group walks or enacts creative metaphors (break barriers). Creative performance differences between conditions are analyzed.

• Brian Birdsell (Presenting Author)