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This comprehensive guide explores how to enhance creativity through mindful reflection and parallel thinking techniques. Learn to empty your mind of unnecessary thoughts, reduce interruptions, and maximize attention capacity for new ideas and insights. Discover the impact of stress on creativity and the benefits of external memory. Dive into the world of associative and attentional processes in creative performance, and uncover strategies to improve cognitive processing. Enhance your capacity for innovation and problem-solving with practical tips and exercises.
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Write reflection notes all day Empty your mind of thoughts all the day One reflection for each paper
Avoid physical interruptions The greater the attention capacity, the more likely the combinatorial leap - that leads to new thoughts Mendelsohn G. A. (1976) Associative and attentional processes in creative performance. Journal of Personality, 44, 366
Avoid mental interruptions (1/2) Stress decreases originality in association tasks Coren, S. & Shulman, M. (1971). Effects of an external stress on commonality of verbal associates. Psychological Reports, 28, 328-330
Avoid mental interruptions (2/2) Stress decreases originality in creativity tests Krop, H. D., Alegre C. E., & Williams, C. D. (1969). Effects of induced stress on convergent and divergent thinking. Psychological Reports, 24, 895-898
Clear you mind from non-important thoughts The number of elements a human mind can process is seven - plus/minus two Miller, G. A. (1956), The Magical Number Seven, Plus Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information, Psychological Review, 63, 81-97
Parallel thinking All participants think of the same task at the same time No discussion allowed de Bono, E. (1994). Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking
Parallel thinking Discussion Parallel thinking de Bono, E. (1994). Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking
Parallel thinking de Bono, E. (1994). Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking
Parallel thinking One task - one deadline Divide the process into small/short tasks Only provide the participants with one task at a time Keep future tasks hidden de Bono, E. (1994). Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking
Parallel thinking Help participants forget the previous task(s) Focus should ONLY be on ONE task at a time de Bono, E. (1994). Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking
External memory Write EVERY IDEA down Write ALL irrelevant thoughts down (all you need to remember or to do) It will help you to have mental capacity for new thoughts and ideas in you mind Byrge, C. (2010). Conceptualisation of creativity practices through action research: The case of the creative platform at aalborg university, PhD thesis, Aalborg University