3 checked facts

Creativity

Everything on this site about creativity — each one naming the study behind it.

Ambient noise levels determine your creativity.
A 2012 study found that moderate levels of ambient noise boost abstract thinking compared to total silence.…
You can misidentify the source of your own thoughts.
Cryptomnesia occurs when you mistake a forgotten memory for a brand-new, original idea.…
You struggle to use objects in new ways.
Functional fixedness limits your ability to see new uses for common objects.…