- Luft cautioned against the technique becoming a “home tool” but pointed out that the study also offers insights into how to boost creativity without a thinking cap. “If you are a morning person and you are working at night, your dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is going to be sub-optimal,” she said. “So you can potentially use that in your favour to try to work on specific problems that you are stuck on"
I think this is one of the most important points of the results. Creative thinking and creative work are two different things, and this study does a good job of reminding us of the role that both reasoning and creative thinking play in creative work. Shutting off part of your brain can be great for solving individual tricky problems, but it's tough to take your ideas anywhere without that more logical, rule-following side.Luft believes the results disrupt the notion of creativity, pointing out that the negative stimulation would not boost efforts in cases where individuals need to keep track of a number of different things at the same time. “It would be beneficial to think ‘what exactly do I need to be creative on this task’ rather than how to improve creativity in general,” she said.
...so that's why so many artists drink. kleinbl00, we had a short conversation on the subject at an earlier point. Whenever I sit in late, I get to experience some of the most vivid and unrestrained dreams: they have clear stories and quite sharp visuals (this makes the picture seem more real because it's more "full", as my imagination is vague on precise details by default), in addition to involving physical sensations at times. When spent, I also appreciate seemingly simple and unassuming stories far more than I do the next morning. I once composed a plot for a short story on my way back from Novosibirsk, after a full day of walking around the city (4 AM >> 8 PM non-stop). It seemed, in the moment, very exciting and original. When I woke the next morning and looked at the notes, I couldn't find the same excitement again. I wonder now if all of this has anything to do with the feeling of "high" that I get from going way past my sleeping schedule. Things seem to be much more exciting than they appear on a daily basis while I compose myself not to stumble around like a zombie.