Richardson Daniel C, Tagomori Hosana, Devlin Joseph T
Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 27;13:785278. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.785278. eCollection 2022.
Creativity is a valuable commodity. Research has revealed some identifying characteristics of creative people and some of the emotional states that can bring out the most creativity in all of us. It has also been shown that the long-term experience of different cultures and lifestyles that is the result of travel and immigration can also enhance creativity. However, the role of one-off, extreme, or unusual experiences on creativity has not been directly observed before. In part, that may be because, by their very nature, such experiences are very difficult to bring into the laboratory. Here, we brought the tools and empirical methods of the laboratory into the wild, measuring the psychological effects of a unique multisensory experience: an underwater nightclub. We showed - with fully randomized and experimentally controlled conditions - that such an experience boosted measures of divergent thinking in participants. This demonstrates that one element of creativity can be directly enhanced by unusual situations, and that experimental tools of psychology can be used to investigate a range of consumer experiences.
创造力是一种宝贵的特质。研究揭示了有创造力的人的一些识别特征以及一些能激发我们所有人最大创造力的情绪状态。研究还表明，旅行和移民带来的不同文化和生活方式的长期体验也能增强创造力。然而，一次性的、极端的或不寻常的经历对创造力的作用此前尚未得到直接观察。部分原因可能是，就其本质而言，这类经历很难引入实验室。在此，我们将实验室的工具和实证方法带到了现实中，测量一种独特的多感官体验——水下夜总会——的心理影响。我们在完全随机且经过实验控制的条件下表明，这样的体验提高了参与者的发散性思维指标。这表明创造力的一个要素可以通过不寻常的情境直接增强，并且心理学的实验工具可用于研究一系列消费者体验。
