Creative intuition is a trainable metacognitive skill that enables access to patterns of information linked to a global consciousness, under the influence of either conscious or unconscious intention emitted by the individual.

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Interoceptive sensitivity, the subjective ability to perceive internal bodily sensations, has a strong and positive correlation with inspiration & idea implementation. Alexithymia has negative correlations with most creative traits.

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Brain science literacy fosters neuroplasticity & enhances creative thinking, with varying effects across developmental stages & creative components. 

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Dopamine released in response to aesthetic pleasure increases cognitive flexibility & task persistence during generation & evaluation stages. In the expression stage, it maintains high creative motivation, driving creative implementation & emotional resonance. 

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AI is capable of creative literary products (ie plays), though it is not as masterful as those produced by creative humans, who score higher on originality, fluency, flexibility & effectiveness.

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When happiness is present, individuals are more willing to explore unconventional paths, tolerate uncertainty & reinterpret their roles in innovative ways thus catalyzing a type of creative disruption that is meaningful & sustainable.

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Nature enhances aesthetic appreciation, creativity, executive functioning & mood. Natural environments enhance divergent thinking & aesthetic experiences of coherence, fascination & hominess.

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Unlike technique, creativity is a cognitive ability developed through observing the world, learning, personal reflection, & social interaction. An artist, therefore, must be skilled in both technique and creativity.

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Surprise stimulates curiosity, which triggers a search to reveal the mystery of things unknown.

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Emotions play a mediating role in how idea evaluation affects creative outcomes The same feedback can result in positive outcomes (one persevering on their creative task) & negative outcomes (taking it out on others by evaluating their ideas more harshly).

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Higher heart rate variability is associated with higher subjective creativity ratings, while a higher HR is associated with higher subjective creativity ratings in the verbal domain.

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Regular engagement with creative activities is associated with delayed brain aging, specifically plasticity-driven increases in brain efficiency & biophysical coupling. The greater the experience, the stronger this association.

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Maintaining temperatures 22–26c (71-79 F) & focusing on ventilation, to lower concentrations of carbon dioxide & pollutants, promotes creative thinking in working environments.

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Metacognitive control (the active process of overseeing creative work e.g. planning, progress, evaluating) at the levels of task, performance & response all independently predict higher divergent thinking creativity.

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Side lighting significantly improves performance on divergent creativity tasks but also leads to increased subjective sleepiness over time. Appropriate lighting conditions support concentration, cognitive performance & well-being.

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STEAM's project-based, transdisciplinary, & technology-facilitated teaching approaches enhance the creative thinking, problem-solving capacity, motivation & collaborative skills of learners across age groups & learning levels. 

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“Inspirational Intuition" is a multidimensional construct integrating perception & imagination along 4 dimensions: Self-Confident Acting, Creative Silence, Emotional Awareness & Visionary Openness.

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Marginalized groups (e.g. isolated elderly people, disabled, & low-income families) benefit from both formal art therapy & informal artistic activities, addressing limited mobility, communication challenges & social disconnection.

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Deeper processing is considered a central characteristic of Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS). Higher SPS and aesthetic sensitivity are related to more everyday creativity, empathy & less emotional disconnection.

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Trauma exposure positively predicts multiple facets of creativity, including fluency & originality. Trait resilience moderates the links between trauma & real-life creativity.

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Emotional experiences foster creativity. Nurturing positive emotions in instructional environments is a pathway to more innovative teaching practices.

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Effective problem framing fosters “aha!” moments by encouraging sensitivity to stimuli & intuitive associations, enabling teams to navigate ambiguity & seize new opportunities.

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Asking questions is a key for creativity & the creative process. People with higher originality & fluency are more likely to ask open-ended questions, possibility thinking questions & temporal thinking questions.

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Oxytocin (OT), a neuropeptide pivotal in social and reproductive behaviors, exerts a dissociable influence on creativity contingent upon an individual’s motivational tendencies

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There is a synergy between digital innovation, innovation culture & creativity that is crucial for fostering happiness at work, although the effect varies depending on company size.

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Creative ideation depends on forging links between existing memory traces. The processing of non-central events & information anchored in complex naturalistic experiences predicts behavioral & neural traits of creativity. 

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Positive mood & visual presentation enhance creative idea generation. Positive mood enhances cognitive flexibility, facilitating the production of a greater number of non-redundant ideas.

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Creativity stands out as the most influential competence for ‘entrepreneurial intention’ with opportunity recognition, networking & resilience having a positive impact.

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A significant positive correlation exists between critical thinking & creativity, suggesting a meaningful relationship between these constructs. Females score higher in both constructs compared to males.

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Cognitive flexibility, the ability to shift between different concepts & think in multiple dimensions, is vital in fostering creativity. Art is a catalyst for cognitive flexibility, challenging conventional patterns to foster an innovative mindset.

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Creative flourishing is the harmonious experiential confluence of creative agency (drive to create), creative self-efficacy (belief in one's creative ability & flow proneness (tendency to experience flow during creative activities).

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Generative AI augments performance without fostering real creative ability, leading to a creativity illusion. Upon AI withdrawal, creative performance drops remarkably while content homogeneity continues to increase.

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Scents with invigorating properties influence cognitive performance by increasing attention, with an indirect effect of the modulation of emotions that is related to olfactory preference (i.e. pleasantness).

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Cognitively diverse teams outperform high intelligence (IQ) teams in problem solving, while businesses with at least one woman in their board of directors financially outperform ones with all male boards. 

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Creative experiences may enhance brain health. The higher the level of expertise & performance, the greater the connectivity linked to creativity & delay in brain age.

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Participating in science, STEAM projects foster learning engagement & improves student learning outcomes, with creativity styles (high active engagement in generating ideas; high flow) playing a critical role. 

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Corporate social responsibility is a direct driver of creativity & a mediator for fairness & empowerment emphasizing the importance of CSR initiatives, equitable practices & employee empowerment in fostering creativity & innovation within organizations.

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While the concept of artistic genius & originality are tangled with social & cultural context, creativity is also a personal psychological process, with the internalized sociocultural context acting as a proxy for external fields & domains.

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Creative problem-solving is amplified in 2 ways: a change in thought processes or in the structure/functioning of the brain. Building cognitive skills, activating the subconscious & recalibrating the brain via training have potent effects optimizing ingenuity.

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I have a new article published in Psychology Today: The Weight of Silence (Agency, Belonging, and the Power of Speaking Up)

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