“…While the traditional view of creativity emphasizes its cognitive component over its affective component, recent decades have seen a noticeable rise in the number of studies focused on analyzing the influence of emotional and personal factors (motivation, emotion, and personality traits) on the cognitive processes involved in creativity (Baas, De Dreu, & Nijstad, 2008, 2011). From a dynamic perspective, creativity is considered an interaction between cognitive styles, emotional dispositions, and motivational preferences (Bledow, Rosing, & Frese, 2013; Soroa, Balluerka, Hommel, & Aritzeta, 2015). Specifically, results from neuropsychology research indicate that emotions and cognition interact in processes such as identifying problems, generating ideas, evaluating alternatives, and decision making (Phelps, 2006; Scherer, 2000).…”