http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. It's no secret that stress increases your susceptibility to health problems, and it also impacts your ability to solve problems and be creative. But methods to prevent associated risks and effects have been less clear – until now. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-self-affirmation-problem-solving-stress.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:08 EST news286645269 (HealthDay)—Intense focus can help creative people achieve success, but it may undermine their capacity for flexible thinking, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-explores-creativity.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:56:26 EST news286127758 Some people are more creative than others and are literally bubbling with ideas, while others rarely or never show signs of creativity. What should we look for when searching for creative people? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-creative-individual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:25:13 EST news284199894 Researchers long have evaluated the roles parents play in children's development. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that mothers' directiveness, the extent to which they try to control the content and pace of young children's play, varies based on the children's ages and the mothers' ethnicities. In addition, the study found that the more directive the mothers were during play, the less engaged children were with them and the more negative emotion the children displayed toward their mothers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-mothers-behavior-playtime-linked-young.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:30:41 EST news279221427 Most of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an increase in creativity because it gives us time to daydream. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-creative.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:01:31 EST news277023683 New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-racial-essentialism-creative-people-closed-minded.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:49:28 EST news276785361 (Medical Xpress)—Backpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test after spending four days in nature disconnected from electronic devices, according to a study by psychologists from the University of Utah and University of Kansas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-nature-nurtures-creativity-hikers-days.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:58:34 EST news274553886 Teens who participate in after-school arts activities such as music, drama and painting are more likely to report feeling depressed or sad than students who are not involved in these programs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-teens-arts-depressive-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:06:40 EST news272631868 (Medical Xpress)—Social misfits, rejoice. You might be more like Steve Jobs, Lady Gaga and Albert Einstein than you realize, if rejection boosts your creativity, reports a new Cornell study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-social-boost-creativity.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:44:36 EST news269761466 It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge. A study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense of their own independence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-dont-mad-creative-social-fuel.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:35:31 EST news264767722 Playing make-believe is more than a childhood pasttime. According to psychologists, it's also crucial to building creativity, giving a child the ability to consider alternative realities and perspectives. And this type of thinking is essential to future development, aiding interpersonal and problem-solving skills and the ability to invent new theories and concepts. That has been shown to be a component of future professional success in fields from the arts to the sciences and business. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-creativity-children-galaxy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 17 May 2012 11:42:31 EST news256473744 (Medical Xpress) -- There’s new evidence that our minds thrive away from it all. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-wild-boosts-creativity-insight-problem.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:29:09 EST news254467718 (Medical Xpress) -- Measuring what are known as 'executive functions', which reflect the cognitive ability to deal with sudden problems, may make it possible to predict how good an elite football player will become in the future. This has been shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists believe for the first time that they have found the scientific key to what has previously been described as 'game intelligence' in successful football players. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-sports-brain-brawn.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:05 EST news252775371 Parents who feel guilty about letting their young children watch too many fantasy movies on TV can relax. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-harry-potter-creativity-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:09:49 EST news251662182 It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-scientists-source-creativity-brain-phenomenon.html Neuroscience Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:19:41 EST news250186761 (Medical Xpress) -- Research designed to understand the effect of text messaging on language found that texting has a negative impact on people's linguistic ability to interpret and accept words. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-texting-affects-ability-words.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:43:40 EST news248953393 (Medical Xpress) -- Want to think outside the box? Try actually thinking outside of a box. In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers had students think up solutions to problems while acting out various metaphors about creative thinking and found that the instructions actually worked. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-to-think-outside-the-box.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:47:00 EST news246177661 Creative people are more likely to cheat than less creative people, possibly because this talent increases their ability to rationalize their actions, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-creative-thinkers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:26:12 EST news241709160 CEOs, teachers, and leaders claim they want creative ideas to solve problems. But creative ideas are rejected all the time. A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people have a hidden bias against creativity. We claim to like creativity, but when we’re feeling uncertain and anxious—just the way you might feel when you’re trying to come up with a creative solution to a problem—we cannot recognize the creative ideas we so desire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-hidden-bias-creativity.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:10:01 EST news240842976 Both boys and girls who play video games tend to be more creative, regardless of whether the games are violent or nonviolent, according to new research by Michigan State University scholars. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-video-game-tied-creativity.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:49:41 EST news239449776 You've heard of the history of science, the philosophy of science, maybe even the sociology of science. But how about the psychology of science? In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science, San Jose State University psychologist Gregory J. Feist argues that a field has been quietly taking shape over the past decade, and it holds great promise for both psychology and science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-discipline-emerges-psychology-science.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:12:46 EST news238259558 The human brain may simulate physical sensations to prompt introspection, capitalizing on moments of high emotion to promote moral behavior, according to a USC researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-brain-co-opts-body-pro-social-behavior.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:12 EST news229257057 From records to boom boxes to CDs and iPods, music has long been part of the lifeblood of being a teenager. Learning math and science in class is not always such a priority. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-music-creativity-math-science.html Other Mon, 16 May 2011 10:30:02 EST news224759600