Psychology

The Impact of Mindfulness on Creativity

Document Type

Oral Presentation

Location

Indianapolis, IN

Subject Area

Psychology

Start Date

13-4-2018 11:00 AM

End Date

13-4-2018 11:45 AM

Description

Our prior work has suggested that inducing a state of mindfulness (i.e., the detached, non-judgmental witnessing of one’s thoughts, feelings, and sensations) through meditation increases creativity in the short-term. To extend and replicate prior work, the current experiment will be conducted in which participants will be randomly assigned to a brief mindfulness intervention exercise or to a control ‘sham’ meditation exercise, after which they will undertake several different types of creativity assessments. We predict the mindfulness group will produce more creative responses across the assessments.

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Apr 13th, 11:00 AM Apr 13th, 11:45 AM

The Impact of Mindfulness on Creativity

Indianapolis, IN

Our prior work has suggested that inducing a state of mindfulness (i.e., the detached, non-judgmental witnessing of one’s thoughts, feelings, and sensations) through meditation increases creativity in the short-term. To extend and replicate prior work, the current experiment will be conducted in which participants will be randomly assigned to a brief mindfulness intervention exercise or to a control ‘sham’ meditation exercise, after which they will undertake several different types of creativity assessments. We predict the mindfulness group will produce more creative responses across the assessments.