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Ayahuasca enhances creative divergent thinking while decreasing conventional convergent thinking

Kuypers KPC, Riba J, de la Fuente Revenga M, Barker S, Theunissen EL, Ramaekers JG

Psychopharmacology (2016)

Prospective observational
Abstract

Found ayahuasca enhances creative divergent thinking while decreasing convergent thinking. Participants showed enhanced ability to generate novel ideas with fewer conventional responses.

Participants26
Citations180
Study TypeProspective observational
creativitydivergent thinkingconvergent thinkingcognition
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4377-8View on PubMed

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