The Covid-19 pandemic that led to Lockdown also affected the creativity of many people, bringing about changes, adaptations and generally an improvement, according to a French study. According to study, despite the restrictions at home or because of them, creativity in many people increased, although it focused on “channels” suitable for the occasion. First of all, people … threw it into creative cooking!
Researchers from the Sorbonne University’s Frontlab Laboratory and the Paris Brain Institute, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, conducted an online survey using a questionnaire to assess the impact of mood swings on mood and .
The answers showed that yes most people felt more stressed because of the lockdown, but on average they also felt more creative. There was also a minority who felt less creative because they faced many problems and obstacles in the middle of the lockdown.
The five activities that grew most in the house during the lockdown and made people feel more creative were cooking (for some it was a breakthrough!), Exercise, dancing, self-help programs, and gardening. To a lesser extent, people channeled their creativity into interior design, sewing, painting and music.
Creativity, according to French scientists, is an important cognitive function allowing people to be flexible in new environments and find solutions to new situations and problems. Pandemic lockdown has forced many people to mobilize their creative potential to reconsider their habits and adapt creatively to the constraints imposed.
Those who had more free time and more positive emotions, felt more creative. Those who were more loaded with obligations or anxious about the alpha or beta reason, so with more negative emotions, were also the least creative.
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