One group of subjects did a boring activity first, while the others went straight to the creative task.

一组受试者首先做了一项无聊的任务，而另一组则直接去做创造性的任务。

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Then the subjects completed the creative task again.

紧接着，被试再次进行“创造力任务”。

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Due to the existence of this cognitive process, translation is an inevitable creative task.

这一认知过程的存在决定了翻译的创造性特征。

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When faced with a creative task, where you begin has a huge impact on where you end up.

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Afterwards, all 40 were given a creative problem-solving task (technically a word association task).

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When all the students tackled the same problems a second time, those who had done a simple, boring task during a break had more creative ideas than those who were assigned a tough cognitive puzzle, those who rested, or those who didn't take a break, says the study, co-authored by Jonathan Schooler, a psychology professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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