The feeling of lacking control fosters creative thinking. 💡

This study suggests that primed lack of control carries over into later creative activity. Positively puzzled! 😀

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000231

#Control #Creativity #DivergentThinking #Psychology

Simulated visual hallucinations in virtual reality enhance divergent thinking.

We recently tested how the Ganzflicker experience, a method to elicit visual pseudo-hallucinations, impacts divergent thinking. It did exactly the opposite!

I guess the jury is still out on this hallucination-creativity connection.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08047-w

#Creativity #Hallucination #VirtualReality #DivergentThinking #Ganzflicker #DeepDream

@vivia Nice find! There's a recent study suggesting that restrictiveness of walking (plotting your own course vs following a path) might explain any effects on #DivergentThinking https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00426-021-01636-w