Looking for an article

[Jakesully]

Hi there,

I'm looking for an article that I read once, a while ago. I forget the article, or the name of the researcher. But in the article, a scientist or researcher was studying the correlation between the strength of social relationships, for example, among a community, among a family, or between married partners, and the strength of their collective creative ability.

The essence of the article was scientific evidence that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" due to the creativity that real, deep social connections and social interactions inspire.

Thanks.

 

[Buddy]

This is the only one I can locate right now, though it's not an exact match:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/163584-The-Power-of-Synergy-Individual-Personal-Ties-Strengthen-Teams-Overall-Creativity


[quote author=article]
In essence, there is a team mindset that is greater than the sum of individual team members. When this synergistic process occurs, teams have the capacity to achieve high levels of creativity.[/quote]

 

[Jakesully]

This is the only one I can locate right now, though it's not an exact match:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/163584-The-Power-of-Synergy-Individual-Personal-Ties-Strengthen-Teams-Overall-Creativity


[quote author=article]
In essence, there is a team mindset that is greater than the sum of individual team members. When this synergistic process occurs, teams have the capacity to achieve high levels of creativity.

[/quote]

That's very much what I'm talking about, but it's not the exact article I'm looking for. It was an older male researcher, who was in some way using lab instruments to empirically measure the energetic social connections between and among people.

If I recall correctly, there was also something in the article about people in positive, close-knit relationships that are creative producing 3 times (in a close friendship) to 6 times (in a close romantic friendship) more pranic or chi energy due to the creative nature of the interaction than one person alone.