Creativity and the Wandering Mind: Spontaneous and Controlled Cognition

Creativity and the Wandering Mind: Spontaneous and Controlled Cognition summarizes research on the impact of mind wandering and cognitive control on creativity, including imagination, fantasy and play. Coverage focuses on the negative consequences of mind wandering on focused problem-solving, the positive effect of mindfulness, and the positive consequences of mind wandering. Research indicates that most people experience mind wandering during a large percentage of their waking time, and that it is a baseline default mode of brain function during the awake but resting state. This volume explores the different kinds of mind wandering and its positive impact on imagination, problem-solving and creative output. Defines multiple different kinds of mind-wanderingExamines the frequency and timing of mind-wanderingHighlights the positive impact of mind-wandering on creative thought and outputReviews research on cognition, problem-solving, imagination and creativity INDICE: 1. Introduction Section 1: MIND WANDERING AND CREATIVITY 2. Creation with and without intention 3. Effects of altered states of consciousness on creativity 4. Creativity and its components: Cognitive and extra-cognitive processes Section 2: MIND WANDERING AND IMAGINATION 5. Imagination and mind wandering: A brain dynamics perspective 6. Transforming Suggestions into Believed-In Experiences 7. Mind-wandering as mental improvisationImagination and Insight: Cognition and Creative Problem Solving Section 3: MIND WANDERING AND DEVELOPMENT 8. Effect of imagination type on relations between imagination and creativity 9. Exploring the link between imagination and creativity 10. Pretend play in young children and the emergence of creativity Pretend Play for Creative Fantasy and Creativity Section 4: MIND WANDERING IN LITERARY AND CREATIVE WRITING 11. Task-Constraint, Free Simulation, and Hamlet 12. Capturing Creative Daydreaming Mind wandering and the poem

• ISBN: 978-0-12-816400-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 358
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés