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Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes
The ability to generate novel ideas, known as divergent thinking, depends on both semantic knowledge and episodic memory. Semantic knowledge and...
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Give your ideas a hand: the role of iconic hand gestures in enhancing divergent creative thinking
Hand gestures play an integral role in multimodal language and communication. Even though the self-oriented functions of gestures, such as activating...
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Executive functioning and divergent thinking predict creative problem-solving in young adults and elderlies
The role of executive functioning in creative thinking is under debate. Some authors suggested that increased inhibitory control, a component of...
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Motor restrictions impair divergent thinking during walking and during sitting
Creativity, specifically divergent thinking, has been shown to benefit from unrestrained walking. Despite these findings, it is not clear if it is...
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Dopamine supports idea originality: the role of spontaneous eye blink rate on divergent thinking
The neurotransmitter dopamine plays a crucial role in human creative behaviour. Specifically, striatal dopamine seems to be associated with specific...
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Exploring the impact of acute physical activity on creative thinking: a comprehensive narrative review with a focus on activity type and intensity
Recent studies have increasingly focused on the cognitive benefits of acute physical activity, particularly in enhancing creative thinking. Despite...
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Do our eyes mirror our thought patterns? A study on the influence of convergent and divergent thinking on eye movement
Research indicates that deliberate thinking and eye movements are related. However, how various thought processes influence eye movements is not...
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Automatic assessment of divergent thinking in Chinese language with TransDis: A transformer-based language model approach
Language models have been increasingly popular for automatic creativity assessment, generating semantic distances to objectively measure the quality...
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Constructive episodic retrieval processes underlying memory distortion contribute to creative thinking and everyday problem solving
Constructive episodic retrieval processes play an adaptive role in supporting divergent thinking (i.e., creatively combining diverse bits of...
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Connecting spatial thinking to STEM learning through visualizations
Spatial thinking relates to interest and success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In this Review, we suggest...
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A Study of Psychological Features Related to Creative Thinking Styles of University Students
The relevance of the study is conditioned by the need for competitive, non-standard-thinking specialists who can shift from conventional thinking...
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Use of digital audio workstations in music education to develop creative thinking and increase self-efficacy
Digital audio workstations can be used to develop creative thinking in music students while practicing music production. This research aimed to study...
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Divergent semantic integration (DSI): Extracting creativity from narratives with distributional semantic modeling
We developed a novel conceptualization of one component of creativity in narratives by integrating creativity theory and distributional semantics...
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Not a passive learner but an active one: a focus on the efficacy of philosophy-based language instruction and its consequences on EFL learners’ critical thinking, engagement, and academic achievement
This study investigates the impact of Philosophy-Based Language Teaching (PBLT) on the critical thinking skills and learner engagement of English as...
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How does family socioeconomic status affect creativity? The role of creative self-efficacy and critical thinking disposition
Family socioeconomic status (SES) has a positive impact on individual creativity; however, the mechanism of this relationship needs to be further...
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Possibility Thinking
Possibility thinking is a term proposed by a UK researcher Anna Craft (1961–2014) to describe creative abilities and qualities valued in the field of...
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Validation of the Chinese Version of the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire
BackgroundRepetitive negative thinking (RNT) contributes significantly to anxiety and depression. The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ) was...
