Zdenek M
Right-Brain Resources, Inc., Reseda, California.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1988 Sep;11(3):427-41.
Comparing the scientific reports of brain researchers such as Sperry, Bogen, Diamond, Geschwind, and Hoppe with the subjective reports of high achievers in various fields of the arts, sciences, and industry reveals that there is a correlation between creative thinking and right hemisphere specialization. Learning how to stimulate right hemisphere activity can be of great benefit to high achievers in fields that require one to be internally focused, to be sensitive to the intonations of voice and body-language, to comprehend symbols and metaphors, to think visually and holistically, to work constructively with affect, or to enhance imaginative thinking. This report is a subjective study of how five writers and six psychotherapists experienced one three-hour session of Inner Vision techniques, which I developed to stimulate creative thinking and inner focusing by enhancing right hemisphere activity. During the session, all of the psychotherapists and all but one of the writers reported that these mental imagery exercises produced a significant increase in the flow of creative ideas and enabled them to gain insights into important personal issues. One writer experienced resistance; two psychotherapists reported feelings of solace; two writers and two psychotherapists indicated that they have gained new perspectives on professional issues--one writer solved a major problem regarding the central character in his book; six psychotherapists and three writers gained new perceptions on important personal issues; five psychotherapists and four writers reported feelings of intense joy, even liberation, during the session. All eleven participants indicated that they had experienced vivid and imaginative imagery. The constructive use of imagination is essential for creative work and mental health. Writers who have the skill to program their imaginations to gain creative insights at times of their own choosing obviously will be more productive than writers who sit around waiting for the benevolent muse. Psychotherapists who use Inner Vision techniques in their own lives find that it is a valuable tool for interior focusing; those who use it with their patients have reported that this is a practical, effective technique for helping patients attain greater psychologic integration. An important way in which this program differs from other imagery techniques is that the vivid imagery of the right-hemisphere work is followed by left-brain analysis and evaluation. The ultimate goal is the transformational intercallosal process of symbollexia--the "magic synthesis" of right-brain and left-brain specialization for an enhanced ability to live and work creatively.
将斯佩里、博根、戴蒙德、盖什温德以及霍普等脑研究人员的科学报告，与艺术、科学和工业等各个领域的高成就者的主观报告进行比较后发现，创造性思维与右脑特化之间存在关联。学习如何激发右脑活动，对于那些在需要内心专注、对语音语调及肢体语言敏感、理解符号和隐喻、进行视觉和整体思考、建设性地处理情感或增强想象力思维的领域中的高成就者会有极大的益处。本报告是一项主观研究，研究了五位作家和六位心理治疗师体验一次为时三小时的内视觉技巧课程的情况。我开发该课程是为了通过增强右脑活动来激发创造性思维和内心专注。在课程期间，所有心理治疗师以及除一位作家之外的所有作家都报告称，这些心理意象练习使创造性想法的涌现显著增加，并使他们能够洞察重要的个人问题。一位作家有抵触情绪；两位心理治疗师报告有安慰感；两位作家和两位心理治疗师表示他们在专业问题上有了新的视角——一位作家解决了关于其书中核心人物的一个主要问题；六位心理治疗师和三位作家在重要个人问题上有了新的认识；五位心理治疗师和四位作家报告在课程期间有强烈的喜悦感，甚至有一种解脱感。所有十一位参与者都表示他们体验到了生动而富有想象力的意象。建设性地运用想象力对于创造性工作和心理健康至关重要。那些有能力在自己选择的时间对想象力进行编程以获得创造性见解的作家，显然会比那些坐等仁慈缪斯降临的作家更有成效。在自己生活中运用内视觉技巧的心理治疗师发现，这是一种进行内心专注的宝贵工具；那些在治疗患者时使用该技巧的心理治疗师报告称，这是一种帮助患者实现更大心理整合的实用且有效的技巧。该课程与其他意象技巧的一个重要不同之处在于，右脑工作产生的生动意象之后会进行左脑分析和评估。最终目标是符号阅读障碍的转化性胼胝体间过程——右脑和左脑特化的“神奇融合”，以增强创造性地生活和工作 的能力。
