Innovation Articles

By Claire Zedelius, Jonathan Schooler

Mind Wandering "Ahas" versus Mindful Reasoning: Alternate Routes to Creative Solutions

Jun-17-15

Based on mixed results linking both mindfulness and its opposing construct mind wandering to enhanced creativity, we predicted that the relationship between mindfulness and creativity might depend on whether creative problems are approached through analytic strategy or through “insight” (i.e., sudden awareness of a solution).
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