Inspired by Distraction

By Benjamin Baird, J. Smallwood, Michael D. Mrazek, J. Kam, Michael S. Franklin, Jonathan W. Schooler. Psychology Science, 2012

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Incubation and creativity: Do something different (2013, background): “(2012) and Baird et al. (2012), it seems that the intermittent conscious work hypothesis can be discounted and we will not consider it further in this paper.”
Conceptualising creativity benefits of nature experience: Attention restoration and mind wandering as complementary processes (2018, background): “High attention demand tasks undertaken during nature experience – for example complex way finding activities – are likely to preclude mind wandering (Baird et al., 2012).”
The science of mind wandering: empirically navigating the stream of consciousness. (2015, background): “Moreover, circumstances conducive to mind wandering (i.e., engaging in a nondemanding task) resulted in a greater incubation benefit relative to those that required either continual external attention or periods of idle rest (Baird et al. 2012).”
The roles of the temporal lobe in creative insight: an integrated review (2017, background): “This connection has been viewed as the most important process that distinguishes insight from spontaneous thought, such as daydreaming (Baird et al., 2012; Christoff, Gordon, Smallwood, Smith, & Schooler, 2009).”
Investigating the structure of semantic networks in low and high creative persons (2014, background): “This battery of tests includes several different measures of divergent thinking, which is considered the hallmark predictor of creative ability (Runco and Acar, 2012), frequently used in creativity research (Baird et al., 2012).”
Analysing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review a roadmap for release 2.0 (2020, background): “Consequently, engaging in undemanding tasks can help facilitate the creative problem-solving process (Baird et al., 2012).”
Attention Restoration Theory: Exploring the Role of Soft Fascination and Mental Bandwidth (2019, positive): “This parallel operation supports the resolution of internal noise through incubation (Baird et al., 2012; Posner, 1973) that includes both conscious reflection and subconscious processing.”
Creative metacognition and self-ratings of creative performance: A 4-C perspective (2016, background): “Both daydreaming (McMillan, Kaufman, & Singer, 2013) and mind-wandering (Baird et al., 2012) are linked to increased creativity.”
The Middle Way: Finding the Balance between Mindfulness and Mind-Wandering (2014, background): “In a recent experiment (Baird et al., 2012), we explicitly tested the hypothesis that mind-wandering is associated with enhanced creativity.”
Types of boredom: An experience sampling approach (2014, background): “For instance, indifferent boredom experienced mainly in non-achievement settings may be related to constructive behaviors such as stimulating greater self-reflection and creativity (cf., Baird et al. 2012; Harrison 1984; Sio and Ormerod 2009).”