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from the point of view of some psychologists, stage one of the creative process is conceptualised as divergent thinking - novelty seeking, brainstorming, lateral thinking etc. stage two of the creative process is conceptualised as convergent thinking, i.e. implementation of a novel concept employing skill, expertise and craft.
neurofeedback training for classical/jazz musicians carried out this summer, disclosed an improved flexibility of divergent thinking scores in the alternative uses task (Guildford, 1967). this task was one of the first ever creativity measures - in the task someone is asked to present as many as possible alternative uses for an everyday household object, e.g. a paperclip. flexibility of creative solutions to a problem indicates the amount of categories that the suggested uses fall into (the more categories the more divergent someone is).
alternative uses relates to music creation, a phrase is presented, and the musician identifies alternative uses of that phrase, one of which could go on to become a finished piece of music.
on a side note researchers in graz have found that divergent thinking is associated with a brief blocking of sensory input data, (possibly) allowing the brain the retrieve long term memory - also used in triggering emotion, again, an important part of creative processes and divergent thinking.
borderpolice asked me to visit this thread about creativity and performance, the neurofeedback studies discussed were originally aimed at mitigating against the effects that performance anxiety can have on memory and attention - however it was also found that "flexing" these cognitive functions has important applications for "training" the creative process.i told him about the thread.
from the point of view of some psychologists, stage one of the creative process is conceptualised as divergent thinking - novelty seeking, brainstorming, lateral thinking etc. stage two of the creative process is conceptualised as convergent thinking, i.e. implementation of a novel concept employing skill, expertise and craft.
neurofeedback training for classical/jazz musicians carried out this summer, disclosed an improved flexibility of divergent thinking scores in the alternative uses task (Guildford, 1967). this task was one of the first ever creativity measures - in the task someone is asked to present as many as possible alternative uses for an everyday household object, e.g. a paperclip. flexibility of creative solutions to a problem indicates the amount of categories that the suggested uses fall into (the more categories the more divergent someone is).
alternative uses relates to music creation, a phrase is presented, and the musician identifies alternative uses of that phrase, one of which could go on to become a finished piece of music.
on a side note researchers in graz have found that divergent thinking is associated with a brief blocking of sensory input data, (possibly) allowing the brain the retrieve long term memory - also used in triggering emotion, again, an important part of creative processes and divergent thinking.