Can Meditation Enhance Creative Problem-Solving Skills? A Progress Report
Living Zen Remindfully October 21, 2016 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262035088.003.0001 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Meditation is associated with improved creative problem-solving abilities. |
Abstract
This chapter introduces the topics of meditation, creativity, how they are related to creative problem-solving skills, and updates recent research on these topics.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |