Comparing minfulness and tDCS: A study on cognition and creative thinking

The current study investigates the differential effects of neurostimulation, mindfulness, and e-meditation over cognitive and creative performance. 47 healthy participants were randomly assigned to 4 experimental conditions: A) real stimulation, real meditation; B) sham stimulation, real meditation; C) real stimulation, fake meditation; D) real meditation alone. Before and after the treatment, a cognitive, creative, and personality assessment was conducted to investigate its efficacy. Results showed an improved performance on fluency in group C; on convergent thinking and cognitive task in group A; and on divergent thinking in group D. The differential effects of stimulation and mindfulness over different cognitive abilities could be further explored in future research.