divergent thinking
out-of-the-box thinking

Instead, personality traits that promote divergent thinking are more important.

Here, of course, we are referring especially to the capacity for divergent thinking, discussed earlier.

Results indicate that two personality traits were found to be significantly associated with divergent thinking.

Furthermore, those who were high in divergent thinking also demonstrated higher anxiety and penetration scores.

Additionally, divergent and convergent thinking impact mood in opposite ways.

Musicians use both sides of their frontal cortex more than average people, and are better at divergent thinking.

More specifically, task-switching and interference management are suggested to play an important role in divergent thinking.

His study, which involved students at the university, is believed to be the first to measure systematically the effect sleep loss has on divergent thinking.

Students have to think several steps ahead; it's really divergent thinking.

The relationship between general knowledge and divergent thinking became non-significant when controlling for fluid intelligence.