{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Distance Makes The Brain Grow Stronger","provider_name":"SessionLab","provider_url":"https://www.sessionlab.com","height":168,"width":360,"html":"\u003cblockquote class=\"sessionlab-method blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-method-id=\"5c3g0z\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.sessionlab.com/methods/distance-makes-the-brain-grow-stronger\"\u003eDistance Makes The Brain Grow Stronger\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cem\u003e#creativity\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cem\u003e#problem solving\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cem\u003e#thiagi\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003cem\u003e#action\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003c/p\u003eThis interesting exercise replicates research done by Evan Polman of New York University and Kyle Emich of Cornell University on construal level theory. You can find more information about this theory by visiting this page in Psychlopedia: \u003ca href=\"http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=79\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=79\u003c/a\u003e\u0026#x000A;The participants work with two different versions of the same problem. One version describes a problem faced by someone else while the other version identifies the problem confronting the reader. The debriefing suggests that it is easier to come up with creative solutions when people are thinking for someone other than themselves.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cscript async src=\"https://app.sessionlab.com/assets/widgets.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n"}