Mind Wandering "Ahas" versus Mindful Reasoning: Alternate Routes to Creative Solutions
June 17, 2015 By Claire Zedelius, Jonathan Schooler
ABSTRACT:
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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