Out of the box: a psychedelic model to study the creative mind

Our creativity is challenged daily when facing new situations asking for novel solutions. Creativity, a multicomponent construct includes flexible divergent and rigid convergent thinking. Psychedelic drugs like psilocybin can enhance creativity and affect state of mind (mood, empathy, openness). Of note, flexible thinking is disturbed in psychopathological conditions like anxiety and depression and preliminary findings have shown psychedelics to be efficacious in the treatment of those conditions.
Source: Medical Hypotheses - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research