A study of formation of visual imagery during various conditions yielded observations supporting the assumption that the creative process reflects both special inborn qualities and a postpartum lifelong adaptational process consisting of cultivation of mental mechanisms that significantly differ from the thinking processes of the average human. Better understanding of these mental mechanisms may promote our skills to help the newborn generation to develop their creative potentials fully.
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