Creative Genius Driven by Distraction

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- Christian
  ISFJ
  Published: 07-16-2016 10:24 am
  Updated: 07-16-2016 10:26 am
- This sounds relevant to the concept of HSP. That concept requires crystalization and reductionism before maturing into something solid though.
  
  "Research links creativity with inability to filter irrelevant sensory information"
  
  http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2015/03/creative-genius-driven-by-distraction.html
  
  Here is the formal article.
- ErikThor
  Published: 07-17-2016 06:32 am
- I think they're mixing up traits a little. I think this is a more likely explanation for what drives creative genius: an ability to quickly scroll through your short-term memory. I don't think creative genius makes you worse at understanding or categorizing things around you, just a quicker ability to observe and categorize new information, only to then move on to new information.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkce6InkBY

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