B.A. Lampman on Science of Creativity

"Another extraneural resource available for our use is physical space. Moving mental contents out of our heads and onto the space of a sketch pad or whiteboard allows us to inspect it with our senses, a cognitive bonus that the psychologist Daniel Reisberg calls “the detachment gain.” " I'm in the beginning stages of developing a journaling workshop. I've read about some studies that show how writing down your thoughts and feelings goes a long way toward understanding and processing those feelings: according to the studies, it's because the feelings are "put into language" rather than just left to bounce around in your mind. Could it also be that writing it down on paper "allows us to inspect it with our senses"? I need to read more about this!