Posted by Eddie Sylvano on October 8, 2003, at 11:35:41
I had written earlier this year about the idea that creativity might be "caused" by the brain's inability to discard or ignore various interpretations of it's environment, my idea being that the brain forms preferences for it's iterpretations (that are the most useful), and automatically ignores others:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20020829/msgs/1117.htmlIn this way, the brain limits it's workload in interpreting reality. Part of my idea was that creativity and psychosis might be related in that the brain's ability to gate out certain interpretations was degraded, allowing for more of them to attain concious awareness.
A new study seems to support this idea (though not to the letter)...http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?ID=60658&storytype=DeanTopics
Just got excited when i read it and had to share.
poster:Eddie Sylvano
thread:266751
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20031002/msgs/266751.html