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Why does self-experimentation lead to creative ideas?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2004

Todd I. Lubart*
Affiliation:
Université René Descartes – Paris 5, Laboratoire Cognition et Développement, CNRS UMR 8605, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, Cedex, France
Christophe Mouchiroud*
Affiliation:
Université René Descartes – Paris 5, Laboratoire Cognition et Développement, CNRS UMR 8605, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, Cedex, France MGEN Foundation for Public Health, 75748 Paris Cedex 15, France

Abstract

According to a multivariate approach on creativity, self-experimentation may well provide many of the conditions that allow for new ideas to occur. This research method is valuable in particular because the researcher's high level of participation in the search for a solution fosters the involvement of the necessary cognitive skills and conative traits.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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