So who is going to take the initiative and study this for stroke survivors? Is this similar to the enriched environment that Dale Corbett refers to here; by Dale Corbett back in Feb. 2011
Study of the Day: Why Crowded Coffee Shops Fire Up Your Creativity
PROBLEM: To optimize creativity, how quiet or noisy should your workspace be?- Media Multitaskers May Have Sharper Senses
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RESULTS: Compared to a relatively quiet environment (50 decibels), a moderate level of ambient noise (70 dB) enhanced subjects' performance on the creativity tasks, while a high level of noise (85 dB) hurt it. Modest background noise, the scientists explain, creates enough of a distraction to encourage people to think more imaginatively. (Here's a helpful chart on typical noise levels.)
CONCLUSION: The next time you're stumped on a creative challenge, head to a bustling coffee shop, not the library. As the researchers write in their paper, "[I]nstead of burying oneself in a quiet room trying to figure out a solution, walking out of one's comfort zone and getting into a relatively noisy environment may trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas."
SOURCE: The full study, "Is Noise Always Bad? Exploring the Effects of Ambient Noise on Creative Cognition," is published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
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