However, this may generate stress by inhibiting innovation and creativity.

"I was wary at first because I thought that it might impose too much structure and inhibit creativity for me and students," she said.

Group brainstorming appears to inhibit creativity, not stimulate it.

She said she was not trying to inhibit artistic creativity.

Mental sets can make it easy to solve a class of problem, but attachment to the wrong mental set can inhibit problem-solving and creativity.

But detractors say the statute inhibits creativity by making it harder and more expensive for other people to obtain and build upon existing works.

While such standardization may increase precision, this type of inflexibility tends to inhibit creativity and growth within organizations.

Industry today, he contends, inhibits "free-flowing creativity" by insisting on more focused research.

Some SoHo residents feel that the commission's insistence on adherence to tradition can inhibit experimentation and creativity.

"All of the licensing inhibits creativity," she says.