Examining the Role of Movement for Enhancing Memory and Creativity in a Foreign Language

• Project/Area Number: 25K04284
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: Birdsell Brian 弘前大学, 教育推進機構, 准教授 (40646296)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2030-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2029: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: Embodied learning / Memory / Creativity

Outline of Research at the Start

This research plans to investigate how movement affects learning. Four Experiments will be conducted. The first two will examine how movement (e.g., walking on a treadmill before the learning intervention) affects the learning of multiword expressions in an EFL context. The third and fourth experiments will investigate the roll movement has on creative thinking in an EFL context.