Individual differences in creativity: How different processes and mind-wandering influence performance
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Past research has shown that creativity is affected by inhibitory control.In particular, divergent thinking abilities are improved when there is less inhibitory control.This study attempted to show that creativity can also be affected by other cognitive functions, specifically mindwandering.We examined participants' performance on divergent thinking, convergent thinking, and fluency tasks.We compared this to self-reported measures of mind-wandering, and to more subjective measures (the Connor's Continuous Performance Test).Individuals with greater degrees of mind-wandering tended to perform worse on divergent thinking tasks than individuals with lower degrees of mind-wandering.This may be due to both a lack of inhibitory control and to the individual's fixation on a single task-unrelated thought while mind-wandering.
Author: Kathleen E. Darbor
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W122243097