Mindfulness and Creativity

Mindfulness and Creativity Research

• Bowden, Edward M. and Mark Jung Beeman 2003 Aha! Insight experience correlates with solution activation in the right hemisphere  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 10 (3), 730-737
• Fiore, Stephen M., and Jonathan W. Schooler. "Right hemisphere contributions to creative problem solving: Converging evidence for divergent thinking." Right hemisphere language comprehension: Perspectives from cognitive neuroscience (1998): 349-371.
• Flaherty, Alice W. "Frontotemporal and dopaminergic control of idea generation and creative drive" J Comp Neurol. 2005 December 5; 493(1): 147–153. doi: 10.1002/cne.20768
• Horan, Roy 2009 "The Neuropsychological Connection Between Creativity and Meditation" Creativity Research Journal , 21(2–3), 199–222
• Science News "Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks" Jan. 21, 2011 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121144007.htm

Mindfulness Books

• Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life: Hyperion Books.
• Siegel, D. (2007). The mindful brain: Reflection and attunement in the cultivation of well-being: WW Norton & Company.
• Siegel, D. (2010). Mindsight: The new science of personal transformation: Bantam.

Mindfulness Video

• Blue Man Group and "Dr. Dan Siegel" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ0IEttCjj0
• Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwwKbM_vJc
• Jon Kabat-Zinn: Coming to Our Senses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvXFxi2ZXT0
• Pema Chodron "Troublemakers": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qFi52FX1Q
• The power of Mindsight: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. - 10/18/09 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu7wEr8AnHw
• Mindfulness exercise led by Aurora M. Casta, M.D., psychiatrist for the University of Pennsylvania Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) designed to help you transition from the “working, thinking world” towards greater awareness of your body, mind and surroundings. We used this to help prepare you for the movement exercises that follow.