February 9, 2012Pressure to Conform Inspires CreativityTom Jacobs, Miller-McCune
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![]() AP Photo Do you think of yourself as not particularly creative? Well, you might have more innovative ideas than you realize. To access them, you just need to feel some pressure to conform. Admittedly, that sounds like an oxymoron; creative thinking and conformity are usually considered mutually exclusive. But newly published research finds a specific sort of arm twisting can help people who aren’t terribly innovative increase their creative output. TAGGED: conformity, creativity RECOMMENDED ARTICLES | |