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Mather KA, Weston SJ, Condon DM. Scaling a common assessment of associative ability: Development and validation of a multiple-choice compound remote associates task. Behav Res Methods 2024; 56:1-29. [PMID: 38839705 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-024-02422-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
Abstract
The assessment of creativity as an individual difference has historically focused on divergent thinking, which is increasingly viewed as involving the associative processes that are also understood to be a key component of creative potential. Research on associative processes has proliferated in many sub-fields, often using Compound Remote Associates (CRA) tasks with an open response format and relatively small participant samples. In the present work, we introduce a new format that is more amenable to large-scale data collection in survey designs, and present evidence for the reliability and validity of CRA measures in general using multiple large samples. Study 1 uses a large, representative dataset (N = 1,323,480) to demonstrate strong unidimensionality and internal consistency (α = .97; ωt = .87), as well as links to individual differences in temperament, cognitive ability, occupation, and job characteristics. Study 2 uses an undergraduate sample (N = 685) to validate the use of a multiple-choice format relative to the traditional approach. Study 3 uses a crowdsourced sample (N = 357) to demonstrate high test-retest reliability of the items (r =.74). Finally, Study 4 uses a sample that overlaps with Study 1 (N = 1,502,922) to provide item response theory (IRT) parameters for a large set of high-quality CRA items that use a multiple-choice response mode, thus facilitating their use in future research on creativity, insight, and related topics.
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- Kendall A Mather
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA
- Midjourney, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
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Ramey MM, Zabelina DL. Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes. Mem Cognit 2024; 52:663-679. [PMID: 38228995 DOI: 10.3758/s13421-023-01493-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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The ability to generate novel ideas, known as divergent thinking, depends on both semantic knowledge and episodic memory. Semantic knowledge and episodic memory are known to interact to support memory decisions, but how they may interact to support divergent thinking is unknown. Moreover, it is debated whether divergent thinking relies on spontaneous or controlled retrieval processes. We addressed these questions by examining whether divergent thinking ability relates to interactions between semantic knowledge and different episodic memory processes. Participants completed the alternate uses task of divergent thinking, and completed a memory task in which they searched for target objects in schema-congruent or schema-incongruent locations within scenes. In a subsequent test, participants indicated where in each scene the target object had been located previously (i.e., spatial accuracy test), and provided confidence-based recognition memory judgments that indexed distinct episodic memory processes (i.e., recollection, familiarity, and unconscious memory) for the scenes. We found that higher divergent thinking ability-specifically in terms of the number of ideas generated-was related to (1) more of a benefit from recollection (a controlled process) and unconscious memory (a spontaneous process) on spatial accuracy and (2) beneficial differences in how semantic knowledge was combined with recollection and unconscious memory to influence spatial accuracy. In contrast, there were no effects with respect to familiarity (a spontaneous process). These findings indicate that divergent thinking is related to both controlled and spontaneous memory processes, and suggest that divergent thinking is related to the ability to flexibly combine semantic knowledge with episodic memory.
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- Michelle M Ramey
- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, 203A Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, 203A Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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Grob AM, Heinbockel H, Milivojevic B, Doeller CF, Schwabe L. Causal role of the angular gyrus in insight-driven memory reconfiguration. eLife 2024; 12:RP91033. [PMID: 38407185 PMCID: PMC10942625 DOI: 10.7554/elife.91033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Maintaining an accurate model of the world relies on our ability to update memory representations in light of new information. Previous research on the integration of new information into memory mainly focused on the hippocampus. Here, we hypothesized that the angular gyrus, known to be involved in episodic memory and imagination, plays a pivotal role in the insight-driven reconfiguration of memory representations. To test this hypothesis, participants received continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) over the left angular gyrus or sham stimulation before gaining insight into the relationship between previously separate life-like animated events in a narrative-insight task. During this task, participants also underwent EEG recording and their memory for linked and non-linked events was assessed shortly thereafter. Our results show that cTBS to the angular gyrus decreased memory for the linking events and reduced the memory advantage for linked relative to non-linked events. At the neural level, cTBS targeting the angular gyrus reduced centro-temporal coupling with frontal regions and abolished insight-induced neural representational changes for events linked via imagination, indicating impaired memory reconfiguration. Further, the cTBS group showed representational changes for non-linked events that resembled the patterns observed in the sham group for the linked events, suggesting failed pruning of the narrative in memory. Together, our findings demonstrate a causal role of the left angular gyrus in insight-related memory reconfigurations.
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- Anna-Maria Grob
- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universität HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourNijmegenNetherlands
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Centre for Neural Computation, The Egil and Pauline Braathen and Fred Kavli Centre for Cortical Microcircuits, Jebsen Centre for Alzheimer’s Disease, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheimNorway
- Max-Planck-Insitute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesLeipzigGermany
- Wilhelm Wundt Institute of Psychology, Leipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Universität HamburgHamburgGermany
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Rubinstein D, O’Rourke N, Lahad M. Using imagination in response to stress and uncertainty in the time of COVID-19: further validation of the Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) Scale. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1115233. [PMID: 37397317 PMCID: PMC10313413 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1115233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Fantastic reality ability (FRA) is defined as the capacity to use imagination in response to stress or trauma. With the emergence of COVID-19 and associated social restrictions, there has been an uptick in imagination use as a coping strategy. This has allowed us to further validate the Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) Scale at this time of stress and uncertainty. Initial exploratory factor analyses (EFA) suggested that FRAME responses are measured by four first-order factors. Using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), this study set out to confirm this finding and to ascertain if: First-order factors are correlated; or map onto a second or higher-order, fantastic reality ability latent construct. Also, FRAME responses are compared to established scales to demonstrate concurrent and discriminant validity. In accord with previous research and theory, CFA results indicate that each four factors (coping, control, transcendence, playfulness), contribute significantly to the measurement of a higher-order FRA latent construct (N = 437 Israeli adults). We also report robust correlations between FRAME and measures of resiliency and imagination abilities of complexity, directedness and frequency. Both adaptive and maladaptive applications of imagination use in relation to stress are discussed with focus on those who could foster resiliency. The FRAME enables one to briefly measure imagination use in response to stress and could serve as part of questionnaire batteries measuring individual differences and clinical research. Future research should assess the stability of this instrument across different populations over extended periods, specifically those at risk for trauma.
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- Dori Rubinstein
- Community Stress Prevention Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
- Drama Therapy Graduate Program, Tel Hai Academic College, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- School of Public Health and Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
- Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Community Stress Prevention Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
- Drama Therapy Graduate Program, Tel Hai Academic College, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
- Department of Psychology, Tel Hai Academic College, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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Sassenberg TA, Condon DM, Christensen AP, DeYoung CG. Imagination as a Facet of Openness/Intellect: A New Scale Differentiating Experiential Simulation and Conceptual Innovation. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2023.2177810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Margulis EH, McAuley JD. Mechanisms and individual differences in music-evoked imaginings. Trends Cogn Sci 2023; 27:116-117. [PMID: 36567179 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Jung RE, Hunter DR. A Call to More Imaginative Research into Creative Achievement. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2022.2143094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rubinstein D, Lahad M, Leykin D, Aharonson-Daniel L. Development and Validation of Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) to Measure Use of Imagination in Response to Stress and Trauma. JOURNAL OF CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/15401383.2020.1789017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Dori Rubinstein
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
- PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva, Israel
- Israel Stress Prevention Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Israel Stress Prevention Center, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
- Tel Hai Academic College, Kiryat Shmona, Israel
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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
- PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Zabelina DL, Clay JZ, Upshaw JD. The Association between Imagination and Anxiety in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2020.1871549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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