Can Habits Impede Creativity by Inducing Fixation?

Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa; Sanne de Wit; Sabine Tebbich

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683024

Can Habits Impede Creativity by Inducing Fixation?

Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa, Sanne de Wit, Sabine Tebbich

Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology

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Original language	English
Article number	683024
Number of pages	13
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683024
Publication status	Published - 13 Oct 2021

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

106051 Behavioural biology

Keywords

creativity
divergent thinking
fixation
frequency of use
habits
problem-solving
GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR
FUNCTIONAL FIXEDNESS
DIVERGENT THINKING
BALANCE

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