Investigating the Relationship between Neural Sensory Gateways and Creative Performance Using Convergent and Divergent Tasks

Ahsan, Naba; Benthem, Kathleen Van; Müldner, Kasia

doi:10.1080/10400419.2020.1717802

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“…Since reduced gating theoretically leads to a wider range of available stimuli in working memory to combine, this in turn might increase the amount of creative ideations that are generated ( 50 , 51 ). This is in line with the second study that examined P50 suppression in relation to divergent and convergent measures of creativity ( 49 ). They found that while convergent thinking was positively related to reduced sensory gating, there was a negative association between the divergent thinking measure fluency and sensory gating.…”

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Prepulse Inhibition and P50 Suppression in Relation to Creativity and Attention: Dispersed Attention Beneficial to Quantitative but Not Qualitative Measures of Divergent Thinking

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The current study investigated whether lower sensory and sensorimotor gating were related to higher levels of creativity and/or attentional difficulties in a natural population of primary school children (9- to 13-year-old). Gating abilities were measured with P50 suppression and prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex (PPI). The final sample included 65 participants in the P50 analyses and 37 participants in the PPI analyses. Our results showed that children with a high P50 amplitude to testing stimuli scored significantly higher on the divergent outcome measures of fluency and flexibility but not originality compared to children with a lower amplitude. No significant differences were found on any of the creativity measures when the sample was split on average PPI parameters. No significant differences in attention, as measured with a parent questionnaire, were found between children with low or high levels of sensory or sensorimotor gating. The data suggest that quantitative, but not qualitative measures of divergent thinking benefit from lower psychophysiological gating and that attentional difficulties stem from specific instead of general gating deficits. Future studies should take the effect of controlled attention into consideration.

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“…To date, only two EEG-studies exist in which the association between sensory gating and creativity was investigated ( 8 , 49 ). Zabelina et al reported that divergent thinking was related to increased sensory gating and that real-life creative achievements were related to reduced sensory gating in a sample of healthy adults ( 8 ).…”

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“…A decision on the number of raters needed to be made. Some research studies have used two expert raters ( Charyton and Merrill 2009 ), four experts ( Doré et al 2007 ), five experts ( Ahsan et al 2020 ; Han et al 2019 ; Sarkar and Chakrabarti 2011 ), or more ( Baer et al 2004 ). As there is no standard for how many raters are required to assess creativity ( Lai et al 2006 ), this study recruited five experts in an attempt to adequately conduct the assessment.…”

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Impacts of Cognitive Factors on Creativity Quality in Design: Identification from Performances in Recall, Association and Combination

2023

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The reason why people have different creativity quality levels may depend on their different performances relating to other cognitive factors that are important for creativity. This study was designed to identify the performance of three cognitive factors (recall, association, and combination) that a designer may use in a creative process and then identify how the differing performance for these cognitive factors will affect creativity quality levels. Seventy-one participants were recruited to undertake a design task and complete a semi-structured interview. The results indicate that, in a creative design process, similar performances in recall, association, and combination can result in differences in creativity quality level.

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The nexus between epistemic curiosity and innovative work behavior: role of leader-member exchange and work engagement

Al Bloushi,

Mehmood,

Jabeen

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PurposeDrawing upon curiosity drive theory, we examine the effects of epistemic curiosity (EC) on employees' innovative work behavior. Additionally, we explore the potential mediating role of work engagement (WE) and the moderating effects of leader-member exchange (LMX).Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 406 employees employed in public service organizations within the United Arab Emirates. Structural equation modeling was employed as the analytical approach to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings of this study indicate that EC is positively related to innovative work behavior. Further, WE mediates the relationship between EC and creative work behavior. Moreover, LMX moderates the indirect effect of WE on the link between EC (interest and deprivation types) and innovative work behavior. The mediating association is stronger when the leader and member’s exchange is high.Practical implicationsThis study will assist practitioners of service organizations in focusing their attention on EC to enhance employees' innovative work behavior and achieve optimal performance. Our research extends work on interest and innovative work behavior in an emerging economic context.Originality/valueOur study suggests that policymakers should embrace the philosophy of curiosity to nurture innovative behavior in the workplace.

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Investigating the Relationship between Neural Sensory Gateways and Creative Performance Using Convergent and Divergent Tasks

Cited by 3 publications

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Prepulse Inhibition and P50 Suppression in Relation to Creativity and Attention: Dispersed Attention Beneficial to Quantitative but Not Qualitative Measures of Divergent Thinking

Prepulse Inhibition and P50 Suppression in Relation to Creativity and Attention: Dispersed Attention Beneficial to Quantitative but Not Qualitative Measures of Divergent Thinking

Impacts of Cognitive Factors on Creativity Quality in Design: Identification from Performances in Recall, Association and Combination

The nexus between epistemic curiosity and innovative work behavior: role of leader-member exchange and work engagement

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