Psychology Facts

▲ Creativity ▲

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》Creativity encompasses the ability to discover new and original ideas, connections, and solutions to problems. It's a part of our drive as humans—fostering resilience, sparking joy, and providing opportunities for self-actualization.

》The left frontal cortex goes through more inactivity, during creative moments, which also associates with the reduced white matter and linking axons. When thinking slows down, that is when creativity builds. However, flashes of inspiration and ideas occur very quickly. Scientists believe that the emotions and other cognitive occurrences in this region help abstract and unique thinking processes.

》 Creative thinking is a skill. A skill that can be trained and a skill you can improve. Like any skill, some people will have more talent for it than others, but everyone can learn to be creative.

》Truama is linked to hidden creative abilities. Post-traumatic growth has been explored in hundreds of scientific studies, including in the Journal of Traumatic Stress showing that 70% of trauma survivors experienced some kind of positive psychological change after a traumatic experience.

》While certain personality traits such as openness to experience, perseverance, and self-efficacy are closely related to creativity, intrinsic motivation plays a big role in creative ability.

》Studies have shown that artistic abilities and psychopathic behaviors have a direct connection. Hence, a creative field doesn't just make a person narcissistic or dishonest, but it actively searches those traits out and feeds on them.

》Creativity seems to be declining. Children are not doing as highly on creative tests as they once were, whether it's because of iPad childcare, less time for creative play, or uniform testing in schools. Schools just need to move their importance to foster creativity.

》In a 2014 study, 72% of people around the world have experienced a creative eureka moment while in the shower.

》Some of Dr, Shelby Carson's note that intelligence and creativity both increase together at the 120, 130, and 150 IQ levels, but to show and prove any solid association between the two, a lot more research is required. However, it is seen that while not all high IQ people are creative, all creatives do hold a high IQ.

》The words "creativity" and "imagination" are often called the same thing, but they aren't.  is the ability to start an idea that doesn't exist. Creativity is taking that idea and making it a reality. People who have ideas but don't act on them are good at imagining. They are not creative.

》One of the rare facts about creativity is that happiness and positivity increase creativity in a person. Studies show that sadness has a neutral effect, and fear and anxiety harm creativity.

》Many people interchange phrases like, "I can't draw,"  and, "I'm not creative." You do not have to be creative to be able to draw, and just because you can draw, it does not mean you are creative. (Art Doesn't Equal Creative)

How can I become more creative?
Various lines of research have converged around common insights that provide steps to be more creative:

1. Aim for output: Creative geniuses often produce their best works at their times of greatest output. Some pieces may miss the mark, but the quantity of output makes it likely that other pieces will yield great creativity.

2. Be willing to go deep: In the realm of artistic creativity, pioneers often spend time in solitude, feel emotions and sensations deeply, and aren't afraid to self-reflect.

3. Be open and playful: The personality trait most tied to creativity is Openness to Experience—whether that be intellectual, aesthetic, or emotional.

4. Capture your ideas: Remember to record thoughts as they arise so they aren't forgotten.

5. Adopt or hire outside perspectives: It can be difficult to innovate if you become trapped in the rules and language of your domain of expertise.

6. Feel free to procrastinate: If you are motivated to solve a problem, procrastinating, exercising, or sleeping on it can lead to divergent thinking and more possibilities.