LSD and creativity: Increased novelty and symbolic thinking, decreased utility and convergent thinking.

Isabel Wießner Marcelo Falchi Lucas Oliveira Maia Dimitri Daldegan-BuenoFernanda Palhano-FontesNatasha L MasonJohannes G RamaekersMadeleine E GrossJonathan W SchoolerAmanda FeildingSidarta RibeiroDraulio B de AraujoLuís Fernando Tófoli

Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2022)

LSD changed creativity across modalities and measurement approaches. Three phenomena of pattern break, disorganization and meaning seemed to fundamentally influence creative cognition and behaviour pointing to a shift of cognitive resources 'away from normal' and 'towards the new'. LSD-induced symbolic thinking might provide a tool to support treatment efficiency in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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