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Imagining The Impossible Before Breakfast: The Relation Between Creativity, Dissociation, And Sleep, Dalena Van Heugten-Van Der Kloet, Jan Cosgrave, Harald Merckelbach, Ross Haines, Stuart Golodetz, Steven J. Lynn
Imagining The Impossible Before Breakfast: The Relation Between Creativity, Dissociation, And Sleep, Dalena Van Heugten-Van Der Kloet, Jan Cosgrave, Harald Merckelbach, Ross Haines, Stuart Golodetz, Steven J. Lynn
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Dissociative symptoms have been related to higher rapid eye movement sleep density, a sleep phase during which hyperassociativity may occur. This may enhance artistic creativity during the day. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a creative photo contest to explore the relation between dissociation, sleep, and creativity. During the contest, participants (N = 72) took one photo per day for five consecutive days, based on specific daily themes (consisting of single words) and the instruction to take as creative a photo as possible each day. Furthermore, they completed daily measures of state dissociation and a short sleep diary The photos …