de Vries Henderika, Khoury-Hanold William
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 26;12:582083. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.582083. eCollection 2021.
In this interdisciplinary article, we investigate the relationship between creativity and the immune system; the creative features of the immune system and how the immune system and its role in regulating homeostasis might be related to creative cognition. We argue that within a multivariate approach of creativity, the immune system is a contributing factor. New directions for research are also discussed. When astronauts and cosmonauts venture into the new and extreme environment of outer space, their immune system needs to instantly adapt and find new answers to survive biologically and psychologically. Many astronauts report interest in creative activities and therefore represent an interesting group to investigate creativity in relation with the immune system. Little is known regarding (1) how the immune system interacts with and supports creative cognition and behavior, (2) if an individual's immune system, interacting with cognition, adapts more originally to a new environment compared to another's; in other words, if there is creativity in the domain of the immune system, and (3) the creative properties and functions of the immune system itself.
在这篇跨学科文章中，我们研究创造力与免疫系统之间的关系；免疫系统的创造性特征，以及免疫系统及其在调节体内平衡中的作用可能如何与创造性认知相关。我们认为，在创造力的多变量研究方法中，免疫系统是一个促成因素。还讨论了新的研究方向。当宇航员冒险进入外层空间这个全新的极端环境时，他们的免疫系统需要立即适应，并找到新的方法以在生理和心理上生存下来。许多宇航员表示对创造性活动感兴趣，因此他们是研究创造力与免疫系统关系的一个有趣群体。关于以下几点我们知之甚少：（1）免疫系统如何与创造性认知和行为相互作用并提供支持；（2）与他人相比，个体的免疫系统与认知相互作用时，是否能以更独特的方式适应新环境；换句话说，免疫系统领域是否存在创造力；以及（3）免疫系统本身的创造性特性和功能。
