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Avoid Additional Dopamine Stimulation When Already in a Good Mood
If already in a pretty positive mood, do not add more dopamine-elevating stimuli before divergent thinking; extra stimulation can hurt divergent thinking. Limit external inputs like music and visual stimuli and begin the creative process directly.
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“If people are already in a very good mood, elevating dopamine further is not conducive and in fact is detrimental to divergent thinking. And in that case, they would be better off... limiting the amount of external stimuli that are coming in through music and visual stimuli and really focusing on divergent thinking in the creative process immediately.”
huberman · The Science of Creativity & How to Enhance Creative Innovation · Dec 19, 2022 · 1:17:11 · open ↗
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