Mind wandering “Ahas” versus mindful reasoning: alternative routes to creative solutions
Frontiers in Psychology June 17, 2015 Claire M. Zedelius, Jonathan W. Schooler 124 citations
Based on mixed results linking both mindfulness and its opposing construct mind wandering to enhanced creativity, we predicted that the relationship between mindfulness and creativity might depend on whether creative problems are approached through analytic strategy or through "insight" (i.e., sudden awareness of a solution). Study 1 investigated the relationship between trait mindfulness and...