Adults with ADHD not constrained in creativity: study

          Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-10 02:20:04|Editor: Liangyu
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          CHICAGO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- A University of Michigan (UM) study found that adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) feel empowered doing creative tasks that could help them on the job.

          UM researchers studied a group of college students with and without ADHD who were compared on lab tasks of creativity.

          The imagination task allowed a person to invent a new example of a common category that is different from existing examples. In the "alien fruit" invention task, a person must create an example of a fictional fruit that might exist on another planet but is different from a fruit known to exist on Earth.

          In doing this task, non-ADHD participants often modeled their creations after specific common fruits, such as an apple or strawberry. Whereas participants with ADHD created "alien fruits" that differed more from typical Earth fruit, and were more original, compared to non-ADHD participants.

          The second task required participants to invent labels for new products in three categories without copying the examples provided.

          The ADHD group created labels that were more unique and less similar to the examples provided, compared to the non-ADHD group.

          The results suggest that individuals with ADHD may be more flexible in tasks that require creating something new, and less likely to rely on examples and previous knowledge.

          "As a result, the creative products of individuals with ADHD may be more innovative, relative to creations of non-ADHD peers," said study author Holly White, researcher in the UM Department of Psychology.

          Individuals with ADHD may be less prone to design fixation, which is the tendency to get stuck in a rut or stick closely to what already exists when creating a new product, White said.

          The findings have been published in the Journal of Creative Behavior.

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