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Change your feelings to boost creativity!

Even people who tend to think conventionally, such as accountants or insurance adjusters, can be creative, a recent study suggests, if they can look at emotional situations in a different light. This means viewing a situation through another emotional lens, such as trying to see an anger-inducing event as one that is neutral or hopeful. The first survey of 279 college students revealed that people who tended to be more creative, ranking high on openness to new ideas, also tended to practice emotional reappraisal regularly.