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'''Creativity enhancement''' can be described as a perceived increase in one's capability to imagine new ideas, create art, or think about existing concepts in a novel manner. This | '''Creativity enhancement''' can be described as a perceived increase in one's capability to imagine new ideas, create art, or think about existing concepts in a novel manner.<ref>Creativity and Psychoactive Substance Use: A Systematic Review (Springer) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-016-9709-8</ref><ref>What exactly is creativity? (American Psychological Association) | http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/creativity.aspx</ref><ref>Can psychedelic drugs increase creativity? (MAPS) | https://www.maps.org/news/multimedia-library/3171-can-psychedelic-drugs-enhance-creativity</ref> This effect is particularly useful to artists of any sort as it can help a person overcome creative blocks on existing projects and induce inspiration for entirely new projects. Creativity enhancement can make imaginative activities more enjoyable and effortless in the moment and the inspiration from it can benefit the individual even after the effect has worn off. | ||
A well-known example of psychedelic creativity enhancement comes from the Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Kary Mullis, who invented a method for copying DNA segments known as the PCR and is quoted as saying: "''Would I have invented PCR if I hadn't taken LSD? I seriously doubt it. I could sit on a DNA molecule and watch the polymers go by. I learned that partly on psychedelic drugs''".<ref>Hongbao, Ma. "Development application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)." J. Am. Sci 1.3 (2005): 4-5. | http://www.sciencepub.net/american/0103/01-0198-%20mahongbao-am.pdf</ref> | A well-known example of psychedelic creativity enhancement comes from the Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Kary Mullis, who invented a method for copying DNA segments known as the PCR and is quoted as saying: "''Would I have invented PCR if I hadn't taken LSD? I seriously doubt it. I could sit on a DNA molecule and watch the polymers go by. I learned that partly on psychedelic drugs''".<ref>Hongbao, Ma. "Development application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)." J. Am. Sci 1.3 (2005): 4-5. | http://www.sciencepub.net/american/0103/01-0198-%20mahongbao-am.pdf</ref> | ||
Creativity enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[thought connectivity]], [[motivation enhancement]], [[personal bias suppression]], [[analysis enhancement]], and [[thought acceleration]] in a manner which further amplifies a person's creativity. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur under the influence of [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]], [[dissociative|dissociatives]], and [[stimulant|stimulants]]. | Creativity enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[thought connectivity]], [[motivation enhancement]], [[personal bias suppression]], [[analysis enhancement]], and [[thought acceleration]] in a manner which further amplifies a person's creativity. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]].<ref>Psychedelic Agents in Creative Problem-Solving: A Pilot Study (Sage Publications) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1966.19.1.211</ref><ref>Is it time to revisit the role of psychedelic drugs in enhancing human creativity? (Sage Publications) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881108091597</ref><ref>Research in creativity and psychedelic drugs (Tand & Francis Online) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207147708415985</ref><ref>Psychedelic Drugs and Creativity (Tand & Francis Online) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1985.10524328?journalCode=ujpd20</ref> However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]],<ref>Being stoned: a review of self‐reported cannabis effects | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1080/09595230310001613976</ref><ref>Cannabis and creativity: highly potent cannabis impairs divergent thinking in regular cannabis users (Sringer) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-014-3749-1</ref> [[dissociative|dissociatives]],<ref>Journey through the K-hole: Phenomenological aspects of ketamine use | https://www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716(08)00055-0/abstract</ref> and [[stimulant|stimulants]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:56, 23 June 2018
Creativity enhancement can be described as a perceived increase in one's capability to imagine new ideas, create art, or think about existing concepts in a novel manner.[1][2][3] This effect is particularly useful to artists of any sort as it can help a person overcome creative blocks on existing projects and induce inspiration for entirely new projects. Creativity enhancement can make imaginative activities more enjoyable and effortless in the moment and the inspiration from it can benefit the individual even after the effect has worn off.
A well-known example of psychedelic creativity enhancement comes from the Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Kary Mullis, who invented a method for copying DNA segments known as the PCR and is quoted as saying: "Would I have invented PCR if I hadn't taken LSD? I seriously doubt it. I could sit on a DNA molecule and watch the polymers go by. I learned that partly on psychedelic drugs".[4]
Creativity enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as thought connectivity, motivation enhancement, personal bias suppression, analysis enhancement, and thought acceleration in a manner which further amplifies a person's creativity. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of psychedelic compounds, such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline.[5][6][7][8] However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of cannabinoids,[9][10] dissociatives,[11] and stimulants.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
- 1B-LSD
- 1P-LSD
- 1V-LSD
- 1cP-LSD
- 2-Fluorodeschloroketamine
- 25E-NBOH
- 2C-B
- 2C-B-FLY
- 2C-E
- 2C-P
- 3-Cl-PCP
- 3-MeO-PCE
- 3-MeO-PCMo
- 3-MeO-PCP
- 4-AcO-DMT
- 4-HO-MET
- 4-HO-MiPT
- 4-MeO-PCP
- 6-APB
- 6-APDB
- ALD-52
- Aniracetam
- Ayahuasca
- Bromo-DragonFLY
- Cannabis
- DMT
- Deschloroketamine
- Dextromethorphan
- Ephenidine
- GBL
- GHB
- HXE
- Harmala alkaloid
- LSD
- LSZ
- Lisdexamfetamine
- MDA
- MDEA
- MDMA
- MDPV
- MET
- MXiPr
- Memantine
- Mescaline
- Methoxetamine
- MiPT
- O-PCE
- PCE
- PCP
- Pregabalin
See also
- Responsible use
- Subjective effects index
- Creativity suppression
- Psychedelics - Subjective effects
- Stimulants - Subjective effects
External links
References
- ↑ Creativity and Psychoactive Substance Use: A Systematic Review (Springer) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-016-9709-8
- ↑ What exactly is creativity? (American Psychological Association) | http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/creativity.aspx
- ↑ Can psychedelic drugs increase creativity? (MAPS) | https://www.maps.org/news/multimedia-library/3171-can-psychedelic-drugs-enhance-creativity
- ↑ Hongbao, Ma. "Development application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)." J. Am. Sci 1.3 (2005): 4-5. | http://www.sciencepub.net/american/0103/01-0198-%20mahongbao-am.pdf
- ↑ Psychedelic Agents in Creative Problem-Solving: A Pilot Study (Sage Publications) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1966.19.1.211
- ↑ Is it time to revisit the role of psychedelic drugs in enhancing human creativity? (Sage Publications) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881108091597
- ↑ Research in creativity and psychedelic drugs (Tand & Francis Online) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207147708415985
- ↑ Psychedelic Drugs and Creativity (Tand & Francis Online) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1985.10524328?journalCode=ujpd20
- ↑ Being stoned: a review of self‐reported cannabis effects | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1080/09595230310001613976
- ↑ Cannabis and creativity: highly potent cannabis impairs divergent thinking in regular cannabis users (Sringer) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-014-3749-1
- ↑ Journey through the K-hole: Phenomenological aspects of ketamine use | https://www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716(08)00055-0/abstract