Eye-Closure Enhances Creative Performance on Divergent and Convergent Creativity Tasks.

ABSTRACT: In today's world of rapid changes and increasing complexity, understanding and enhancing creativity is of critical importance. Studies investigating EEG correlates of creativity linked power in the alpha frequency band to creativity, and alpha-power has been interpreted as reflecting attention on internal mental representations and inhibition of external sensory input. Thus far, however, there is no direct evidence for the idea that internally directed attention facilitates creativity. The aim of the current study was to experimentally investigate the relationship between eye-closure-a simple and effective means to stimulate internally directed attention-and creativity. Moreover, to test whether the potential beneficial effect of eye-closure is specific for creativity, or whether it improv

SUBMITTER: Ritter SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6079281 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature