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Updating the dynamic framework of thought: Creativity and psychedelics.
Manesh Girn1, Caitlin Mills2, Leor Roseman3
1Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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|March 13, 2020
Summary
Creativity involves dynamic shifts between generation and evaluation stages. This study refines the Dynamic Framework of Thought, proposing that creative generation arises from multiple mental states and suggesting psychedelics may enhance this process.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Creativity is understood as a dynamic cognitive process involving distinct generation and evaluation stages.
- The Dynamic Framework of Thought (DFoT) conceptualizes these stages through an interplay of constraint and variability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To refine the DFoT by emphasizing the dynamic nature of creative thought within and between stages.
- To propose that creative generation results from multiple, varying mental states.
- To incorporate the psychedelic state as a potential facilitator of creative generation within the DFoT.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual framework refinement.
- Theoretical integration of the psychedelic state into cognitive models of creativity.
Main Results:
- Creative generation is best understood as a product of multiple, varying mental states, not a singular state.
- The psychedelic state shows potential for enhancing creative generation.
- The DFoT is updated to include the psychedelic state.
Conclusions:
- Creative thinking is a dynamic neurocognitive process.
- Psychedelic substances may serve as valuable experimental tools for studying the neuroscience of creativity.
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