Questions tagged [creativity]
Questions about the psychology and neuroscience of creativity.
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Observations on the role of iteration time in creative work
I recall hearing about a concept related to one's ability to work creatively. Essentially, the ability to do creative work was linked to the time between taking an action and seeing the result of ...
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Do solutions for complicated problems ripe during long breaks? [duplicate]
I often solve complicated problems by thinking about the problem for maybe 15 minutes, then taking a break for one or two hours, and then think for another 15 minutes. This often leads to much better ...
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Is there any research connected with typing/writing to help in creativity or focus?
In my personal experience, typing my thoughts when I am working through creative problems seem to help. But it's subjective and would like to have some confirmation.
Atkin in "The Phenomenological ...
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How does the brain create original thoughts? [closed]
Since the generation of thoughts requires the coordination of various parts of the brain, how does the brain know which parts to activate to develop unique ideas? Does the brain randomly activate its ...
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Is there any theory supporting the idea that writing with your non-dominant hand is beneficial? [closed]
E.g. Could writing with your left hand increase creativity? Especially if the left hand is the non-dominant one. Could placebo effect also play a significant role?
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What was creativity called before the 1950s, i.e. before Guilford coined the term?
It is known that Guilford coined the term, but the concept is much older. What did people in Freud's time call it? Genius? innovation? Something else?
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Does mindful meditation inhibit diffuse thinking (aka default mode network), creativity and make studying less effective?
Barbara Oakley's "Learning how to Learn" and "Mindshift" courses claim that having some break time in which diffuse mode thinking (afaik it's the same as default mode network) is ...
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How do ideas come to our minds? [duplicate]
how does a new or creative idea come to mind ? or else how does an idea that leads you to solve a problem you have been working on for days suddenly come up ? you just feel like it lightened up in ...
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Is there an accepted age range for peak creativity? [closed]
I have noticed in myself, and others (from afar) that creativity seems to decline with age.
Physically, it's obvious that people peak rather early (say, 25 or 30 or so years of age). But what about ...
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What challenges the ideasthesia balance theory has to answer?
Ideasthesia "can be defined as a phenomenon in which activation of concepts produces phenomenal experience". The examples vary from the Kiki/Bouba phenomenon applied to (possibly) everyone ...
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How does the L-game by Edward de Bono demonstrate lateral thinking?
From the information I gathered about lateral thinking, it means to solve problems using unconventional means, sometimes even without using logic. Edward de Bono invented the L-game to illustrate ...
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Does creativity decrease when invested in multiple areas?
I'm a math student and I find that coming up with original ideas and being creative is very important in the field. I love math and I'm also a voracious reader and I like to learn about many things ...
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Does Computer science has any role to play in Cognitive science? [closed]
Does Computer science(or computationalism) has any role to play in Cognitive science or Creativity studies?
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The relationship between creativity and focus
From what I have read here and there, I've managed to stitch together some superficial understanding of focus and creativity. My understanding is that focus and creativity seem like opposites.
I've ...
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Does the lexical hypothesis have any role in 'creativity'?
The lexical hypothesis was used to I think create the 5 factor model of personality.
Has anything similar been done in the science of 'creativity'?
While, clearly, "creativity" is a component of ...
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