“…Flexibility or brain efficiency is related to brain hemisphericity [hemispheric lateralization], often called brain coherence (Garrison, 2003; Griffiths, Ryan, & Foster, 2011), or the ability to freely switch between brain hemispheres, where the left hemisphere generally responds to language and the right hemisphere to spatiality (Anderson, 2010; Gier, Kreiner, Solso, & Cox, 2009; Stankov et al, 2006; Taggart & Torrance, 1984). Thinking abstractly and flexibly are attributes of mindfulness, and directly impact decision making, problem solving, and creativity (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007; Friedlander et al, 2011; Szirony, Burgin, & Pearson, 2008; Treffinger et al, 2008), and represent neo-cortical and prefrontal cortex operations (Blair, 2006; Meltzer, 2007; Yu, Ryan, Schaie, Willis, & Kolanowski, 2009), the areas related to higher-order thinking and creative behavior (Matindale, 1999). Mindfulness is a purposeful metacognitive strategy enabling an individual to stay focused and motivated, thereby preventing extraneous factors from interfering with a completion mindset.…”