@article{HaaseHanelGronau2023,
  author    = {Haase, Jennifer and Hanel, Paul H. P. and Gronau, Norbert},
  title     = {Creativity enhancement methods for adults},
  series = {Psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts},
  journal   = {Psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts},
  publisher = {American Psychological Association},
  address   = {Washington, DC},
  issn      = {1931-3896},
  doi       = {10.1037/aca0000557},
  pages     = {30},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {This meta-analysis synthesizes 332 effect sizes of various methods to enhance creativity. We clustered all studies into 12 methods to identify the most effective creativity enhancement methods. We found that, on average, creativity can be enhanced, Hedges' g = 0.53, 95\% CI [0.44, 0.61], with 70.09\% of the participants in the enhancement conditions being more creative than the average person in the control conditions. Complex training courses, meditation, and cultural exposure were the most effective (gs = 0.66) while the use of cognitive manipulation drugs was the least and also noneffective, g = 0.10. The type of training material was also important. For instance, figural methods were more effective in enhancing creativity, and enhancing converging thinking was more effective than enhancing divergent thinking. Study effect sizes varied considerably across all studies and for many subgroup analyses, suggesting that researchers can plausibly expect to find reversed effects occasionally. We found no evidence of publication bias. We discuss theoretical implications and suggest future directions for best practices in enhancing creativity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AryaJelkenLomadzeetal.2020,
  author    = {Arya, Pooja and Jelken, Joachim and Lomadze, Nino and Santer, Svetlana and Bekir, Marek},
  title     = {Kinetics of photo-isomerization of azobenzene containing surfactants},
  series = {The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistry},
  volume    = {152},
  journal   = {The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistry},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Melville},
  issn      = {0021-9606},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.5135913},
  pages     = {10},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {We report on photoisomerization kinetics of azobenzene containing surfactants in aqueous solution. The surfactant molecule consists of a positively charged trimethylammonium bromide head group, a hydrophobic spacer connecting via 6 to 10 CH2 groups to the azobenzene unit, and the hydrophobic tail of 1 and 3CH(2) groups. Under exposure to light, the azobenzene photoisomerizes from more stable trans- to metastable cis-state, which can be switched back either thermally in dark or by illumination with light of a longer wavelength. The surfactant isomerization is described by a kinetic model of a pseudo first order reaction approaching equilibrium, where the intensity controls the rate of isomerization until the equilibrated state. The rate constants of the trans-cis and cis-trans photoisomerization are calculated as a function of several parameters such as wavelength and intensity of light, the surfactant concentration, and the length of the hydrophobic tail. The thermal relaxation rate from cis- to trans-state is studied as well. The surfactant isomerization shows a different kinetic below and above the critical micellar concentration of the trans isomer due to steric hindrance within the densely packed micelle but does not depend on the spacer length.},
  language  = {en}
}