Semantic memory supports both verbal & nonverbal creative thinking; Working memory supports convergent creative thinking; and,The cognitive control of memory is central to performance on creative thinking tasks.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Memory

There are overall positive effects of physical activity on creativity in everyday life contexts, specifically noted with walking in the domain-specific ‘ figural creativity’.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Walking

Poor sleep quality and insomnia is disproportionally found in creative individuals which is associated with greater impairment in task performance that measures creative thinking.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Sleep

Creative pedagogy encourages students to transcend conventional knowledge & apply critical thinking in authentic real-world scenarios, allowing them to identify problem origins, evaluate alternatives & generate creative solutions.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #CriticalThinking

Creativity consists of 3 main elements: fluency, flexibility & originality. Flow requires familiarity with the learning tools; flexibility requires cultivation process is non-linear & linear scaffolding is not suitable for creative problem-solving. 

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Elements

When creative co-workers are present, the less supervisors engage in close monitoring (but provide developmental feedback), the more employees exhibit creativity. This condition is stronger with less creative employees.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Employees

In creative teaching, the balance of challenges & skills, goal clarity & feedback affect students’ immediate & continuous experiences, with immediate experiences having positive effects on behavioral & social engagement.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Balence

Physical environment helps creativity flourish, especially visual stimulation & social space. The creative environments should include multi-sensory experiences & support for individual incubation & an innovative culture.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Environment

Mild creative pressure generally increases associative thinking & creative performance but high levels of creative anxiety hinders people’s ability to think creatively, especially on demand.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Pressure

When there is competition between in-groups and out-groups, benefit for creativity is found, however there is no significant benefit on creativity when the competition is within the same group of participants.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Competition

The study of creativity & AI must engage such that the research privileges neither the human user nor machine algorithm but instead emphasizes a relational & distributed form of agency.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #AI

I have a new article published in Psychology Today: How to Live in the Present Moment and Stop Worrying So Much
I hope you’ll find it uplifting.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Worry

Arts participation is an effective pathway for individual flourishing and that more diverse and profound engagement in the arts can lead to sustained and widespread happiness.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Happiness

Aesthetic modes of engagement to be powerful with regard to ecological awareness, capable of being a positive motivator of small shifts in thinking which are a precursor to climate action.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Eco

Different art mediums influence neural activation variously, showing enhanced activity in regions linked to empathy & feedback in paper-based tasks like drawing and creative digital activities .

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Medium

Shared reading & arts interventions promotes a sense of equality by creating a space where social interaction/relatedness hinges on lived experiences & vulnerabilities shared through text & shared among participants.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Relatedness

Cognitive flexibility guides individuals' critical navigation of the digital information (& misinformation) landscape, promoting nuanced and less polarized perspectives. 

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Misinformation

Heightened creative states appear to require substantially more top-down control than lowered creative states, including the maintenance, manipulation & assessment of ideas as well as increased divergent thinking.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Control

Lucid dreamers score higher on creativity scales, are more likely to incorporate daytime events into their dreams & their dreams have a higher personal significance than those of non-lucid dreamers.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Lucid

Social media ostracism is defined by feelings of rejection/exclusion that can hinder creativity; however, emotional intelligence functions as a moderator.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #EI

Creativity is operationalized as a higher-order divergent thinking ability, reliant on memory & attention & positively correlated with dopamine-related neurotransmitters & genes influencing neurotransmitter release.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Divergence

Creativity not only springs from curiosity, but also feeds into higher levels of curiosity, over time.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Curiosity

By melding ideas of nature restoration, mindfulness & flow, individuals increase their productivity, concentration, and creativity, while decreasing mental fatigue & improving brain health.

#Art #Science #RelationalSpace #Nature

To boost creative problem-solving in real-life global scenarios, sustainability, cross-cultural collaboration for global interconnectedness/adaptive problem-solving, & a continuous innovation mindset are key.

 #Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Global

Humans favor traditional over more original solutions due to the increased uncertainty of trying novel approaches. Building confidence in creative solutions may reduce uncertainty & promote creative ideation.

 #Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Uncertainty

The heart of creativity lies in its integrating–resonating structure where the integrating character of creativity is complemented by the resonating character of its appreciation.

 #Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Integrational

Dynamic creativity relies not only on transitions that yield new perceptual/conceptual input, but also on phases of dwelling or persistence that allow the emergence of still-forming, novel incipient ideas.

 #Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Dynamic

People must occupy the role of a co-creator, not an editor, to reap the benefits of generative AI in the production of creative works.

 #Science #Art #RelationalSpace #AI

Sarcasm is often used to communicate a speaker's viewpoint, provide the cognitive readiness & the motivational drive that enable recipients to see the world from the speaker's viewpoint or perspective-taking.

 #Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Empathy

Creative flow is an experiential state of optimized, task-specific processing that results from domain-specific expertise & a reduction in cognitive control; not a state of heightened domain-general associative ideation.

#Art #Science #RelationalSpace #Flow

Active & passive engagement with creative arts consistently activate neural circuits implicated in adaptive emotional regulation suggesting the existence of shared mechanisms between creative expression & emotional processing.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Regulation

In group brainstorming, creativity-focused discussions induce inter brain coupling, yielding a dual tendency to 1) herd with the group & 2) promote the cognitive goal of generating novel ideas.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Brainstorming

More frequent gesturing is associated with higher originality - the cognitive processes involved in novel idea generation are impacted by movement, especially int in those with a great predisposition to gesturing.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Gestures

Atypical salience processing fosters creative thinking by prioritizing irrelevant information to broaden material for idea generation & inhibit attentional fixedness - or, motivating creative individuals to incorporate overlooked information.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Salience

THE WAR ON WOMEN

October 1- 26, 2024
Reception: Thursday October 3, 6-8pm

Exhibition Artists: Jo-Ann Brody, Elizabeth Myers Castonguay, V. L. Cox, Jayne Gaskins, Judith Greenwald, Zhen Guo, Melanie Hickerson, Leigh Jerome, Carla Rae Johnson, Tania Kravath, Carole Kulikowski, Virginia Mallon, Christine Mottau, Mary Alice Orito, Elizabeth Downer Riker, Judy Werlin.

Ceres Gallery is pleased to present a timely exhibition addressing the issues faced by women in this present, noxious, political moment. Women have fought for their personal liberty since the founding of this country and fifty years ago they finally won the right to bodily autonomy, an essential element of liberty. We struggled long and hard and were finally successful with the passage of Roe v. Wade, but now with the Dobbs Decision, there is a wide-scale effort across the country to restrict women's rights, especially reproductive rights, including abortion. We are all, women and men, as well as LGBTQIA, being forced back to a patriarchal, misogynistic reactionary time. Meanwhile, laws against gender-based violence have loosened and violence against women has proliferated. Women are dying. Our health care decisions must be made by us in consultation with our families and medical professionals, not by petty ignorant politicians or jurists. Women are in the world and we will not be forced to retreat from it. The artists in this exhibition, and Ceres Gallery as a whole, are outraged and refuse to allow our daughters and granddaughters to be denied the basic human rights that we fought for and won. This exhibition is a call to action. We will not go back!

For more information please contact:
Stefany Benson, Director
Ceres Gallery
art@ceresgallery.org

Motor & cognitive aspects of creativity are associated with both common & specific individual differences in childhood cognition, self-regulation & personality traits. 

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Development

Creativity influences entrepreneurs’ willingness to adopt & continue using new technologies.  Creative individuals can think of unique paths & possibilities, adding diverse perspectives to how technology is adopted. 

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Entrepreneurship

When employees feel happy, their thinking becomes flexible which allows them to learn, feel alive, connect more with people, & build trustworthy relationships. 

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Happy

Younger & older students who participate in artistic activities & sports consistently, rate their creativity & curiosity higher than those who do not. Internet-based activities negatively predicts adolescents’ creativity/curiosity.

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Engagement

Acknowledging & fostering extra-role creativity, by ensuring employees know their creativity is valued, increases the full creative potential of an organization. 

#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Organizations