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Chen H, Liu C, Zhou F, Chiang CH, Chen YL, Wu K, Huang DH, Liu CY, Chiou WK. The Effect of Animation-Guided Mindfulness Meditation on the Promotion of Creativity, Flow and Affect. Front Psychol 2022; 13:894337. [PMID: 35719584 PMCID: PMC9204527 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Creativity is so important for social and technological development that people are eager to find an easy way to enhance it. Previous studies have shown that mindfulness has significant effects on positive affect (PA), working memory capacity, cognitive flexibility and many other aspects, which are the key to promoting creativity. However, there are few studies on the relationship between mindfulness and creativity. The mechanism between mindfulness and creativity is still uncertain. Meditation is an important method of mindfulness training, but for most people who do not have the basic training, it's difficult to master how to get into a state of mindfulness. Animation has been shown by many studies to help improve cognition and is often used as a guiding tool. Using animation as the guiding carrier of meditation is more convenient and easier to accept. Therefore, this study adopted the intervention method of animation-guided meditation, aiming to explore: (1) the effect of animation-guided meditation on enhancing creativity; (2) the role of flow and emotion in the influence of mindfulness on creativity. We advertised recruitment through the internal network of a creative industrial park, and the final 95 eligible participants were divided into two groups: animation (n = 48) and audio (n = 47) guided meditation. The animation group was given an animated meditation intervention, and the audio group was given an audio meditation intervention, both interventions were performed 3 times a week and last for 8 weeks. Results: (1) Animation-guided meditation significantly increased participants' mindfulness and creativity levels; Significantly reduced their cognitive load compared to audio-guided meditation. (2) Mindfulness has a significant direct effect on creativity, and significant indirect effects on creativity; Flow and PA act as the mediating variable. Conclusion: (1) Mindfulness, flow, and PA all helped to improve the subjects' work creativity. In addition to the direct positive impact of mindfulness on creativity, mindfulness can also have an indirect positive impact on creativity through flow and PA. (2) Compared with audio, animation can significantly reduce cognitive load and help improve users' cognitive ability, which is more suitable for the guidance materials of mindfulness meditation to enhance the effect of meditation.
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- Hao Chen
- School of Film Television and Communication, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, China
- Business Analytics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Business Analytics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- School of Journalism and Communication, Hua Qiao University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Economic and Management, Suzhou Vocational Institute of Industrial Technology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Shipping and Transportation Management, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Journalism and Communication, Hua Qiao University, Xiamen, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Creative Design and Management, National Taipei University of Business, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Industrial Design, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Sternberg RJ. The Search for the Elusive Basic Processes Underlying Human Intelligence: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. J Intell 2022; 10:28. [PMID: 35645237 PMCID: PMC9149840 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence10020028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This article discusses the issues of the basic processes underlying intelligence, considering both historical and contemporary perspectives. The attempt to elucidate basic processes has had, at best, mixed success. There are some problems with pinpointing the underlying basic processes of intelligence, both in theory and as tested, such as what constitutes a basic process, what constitutes intelligence, and whether the processes, basic or not, are the same across time and space (cultural contexts). Nevertheless, the search for basic processes has elucidated phenomena of intelligence that the field would have been hard-pressed to elucidate in any other way. Intelligence cannot be fully understood through any one conceptual or methodological approach. A comprehensive understanding of intelligence requires the converging operations of a variety of approaches to it.
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- Robert J Sternberg
- Department of Psychology, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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This article introduces the concept of adaptive intelligence—the intelligence one needs to adapt to current problems and anticipate future problems of real-world environments—and discusses its implications for education. Adaptive intelligence involves not only promoting one’s own ability to survive and thrive, but also that of others in one’s own generation and in future generations. The article opens with a discussion of some of the strengths but also the limitations of the concept of general intelligence. It then discusses the concept of adaptive intelligence. Then, it breaks down adaptive intelligence into its constituent parts—creative, analytical, practical, and wisdom-based skills and attitudes. Finally, it discusses how the concept of adaptive intelligence can be operationalized in schools.
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Aschauer W, Haim K, Weber C. A Contribution to Scientific Creativity: A Validation Study Measuring Divergent Problem Solving Ability. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2021.1968656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- University of Education Upper Austria
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de Vries H. Space for STEAM: New Creativity Challenge in Education. Front Psychol 2021; 12:586318. [PMID: 33841230 PMCID: PMC8025669 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.586318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Henderika de Vries
- Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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