Diversifying experiences enhance cognitive flexibility

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Awe Enhances Creative Thinking: An Experimental Study (2018, methodology): “VR was previously used to address the relationship between paradoxical situations and creativity (Ritter et al., 2012).”
The Impact of Metacognitive Instruction on Creative Problem Solving (2015, result): “…creative thinking, metacognition, creativity, cognition, creative development IT IS NOW WIDELY BELIEVED that creativity can be learned (Adams, 2001; Ritter et al., 2012; Lizarraga, Baquedano, Mangado, & Cardelle-Elawar, 2009; Scott, Leritz, & Mumford, 2004; Sternberg & Lubart, 1996) and that it is…”
How Dual-Identity Processes Foster Creativity (2014, background): “…when exposing participants to conflicting mental frames (Miron-Spektor et al., 2011), bodily postures inconsistent with one’s mental state (Huang & Galinsky, 2011), or experiences (in a virtual reality lab) that were inconsistent with expectancies about the laws of physics (Ritter et al., 2012).”
Assessment of real-life creativity: The Inventory of Creative Activities and Achievements (ICAA). (2017, background): “, 2008), or being exposed to diversifying experiences (Ritter et al., 2012) have been related to higher creativity.”
Enhancement of Creative Thinking Skills Using a Cognitive-Based Creativity Training (2017, background): “That is, the increase in creativity after training could be partly explained by participants diversifying the categories of their given responses (Ritter et al. 2012, 2014).”