Thin slices of creativity: Using single-word utterances to assess creative cognition

Thin slices of creativity: Using single-word utterances to assess creative cognition

We investigated the hypothesis that individual differences in creative cognition can be manifest even in brief responses, such as single-word utterances. Participants (n = 193) were instructed to say a verb upon seeing a noun displayed on a computer screen and were cued to respond creatively to half of the nouns. For every noun-verb pair (72 pairs per subject), we assessed the semantic distance...

Creative cognition as a window on creativity.

The creative cognition approach views creativity as the generation of novel and appropriate products through the application of basic cognitive processes to existing knowledge structures. It relies on converging evidence from anecdotal accounts of creativity and tightly controlled laboratory studies designed to examine the processes that are assumed to operate in those anecdotes. Specific examp...

Creativity on tap? Effects of alcohol intoxication on creative cognition

Anecdotal reports link alcohol intoxication to creativity, while cognitive research highlights the crucial role of cognitive control for creative thought. This study examined the effects of mild alcohol intoxication on creative cognition in a placebo-controlled design. Participants completed executive and creative cognition tasks before and after consuming either alcoholic beer (BAC of 0.03) or...

Judging Social Behavior Using "Thin Slices"

In our daily lives we make judgments regarding other people intuiti\~ely, unwittingly, and rapidly. A fleeting glimpse or a mere glance lead to evalu-ative judgments of others. Such judgments have important consequences. They influence whom we sit next to on the subway whom we hire for a job. and sometimes even whom we mam! Thus, as employers: within a minute into a job i n t e ~ e w we decide ...

Can we Really Have an Integrative Theory of Creativity? The Case of Creative Cognition