The Nuanced Relationship Between Creative Cognition and the Interaction Between Executive Functioning and Intelligence

The current study addresses gaps in our understanding of the relationship between creative cognition, intelligence (IQ), and executive functioning (EF). Undergraduate students completed an IQ test, verbal figural divergent thinking (DT) tests, a self-assessment EF, across four sessions. Participant data (N = 199) were analyzed using linear regression PROCESS moderation models. Results demonstrated that EF interacts with to predict DT distinct ways, different patterns emerging from methods scoring DT. Using traditional scoring, Gf (but not Gc) significantly moderated scores on both tasks. Low was associated diminished for those low scores, unrelated relatively higher Gf, enhanced highest Gf. originality ratio responses (both Gc), IQ, Gc Gf) scores. Thus, there are several nuances way