The challenges of Human Capital Development require innovative solutions. However, in solving creative problems, adult learners often tend to borrow others' experiences and use templates. The reason for non-innovative decisions lies in the leader's inability to go beyond the inherent patterns of thinking and behavior predetermined by subconscious mindset. The familiar paradigm of perception of the problem is shaped by neuro-programmes, which are protocols for a patterned response to a problematic situation. Life experience, character traits, social norms and rules, and much more are hidden in these neuro-programmes. This complex of multiple interconnected elements is beyond the comprehension and explanation of the rational mind alone. Mental defense mechanisms, while preventing disruption, do not allow access to the neuro-programme, forcing the individual to follow patterns and explain his/her failures with simple cause-and-effect relationships.
Art practices of neurostyling are a set of coaching tools for lateral thinking development of adult learners when dealing with creative tasks. Art practices of neurostyling help to transform the perceptual patterns of a situation using art tools, which causes insight and allows new ways of achieving the desired result through new cognitive and sensual experience.
Using art tools, the teacher (coach) offers a learner or a group of learners to create an art object (drawing, collage, installation, etc.) according to a certain algorithm. These actions shift the focus of attention from the current problem to internal images, give access to the resources of the unconscious and long-term memory. The coach creates a metaphorical storyline based on the finished art object. Complementing and developing the proposed plot, the learner demonstrates patterns of perception and reaction to the problematic situation. The coach helps to identify and understand the underlying neuro-programme that determines the patterned responses. During the discussion, the coach helps to form a new perception of the situation and find a new solution to the problem.
During the art practice, the DSF method of spectral analysis of the psychophysical state in the frequency range of the brain can be applied. It is used to record changes in the spectral power of emissions in the range of theta and beta-1 rhythms, which indicates the activation of the body's dormant resources.
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Art practices of Neurostyling are an effective tool for personal transformation by activating body’s dormant resources and useful for any individual for lateral thinking development, as rational thinking cannot overcome programmed thinking.
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