Creativity reflects the remarkable human capacity to produce novel and effective ideas.
Empirical work suggests that creative ideas do not just emerge out of nowhere but typically …

Generating creative ideas and turning them into innovations is key for competitive
advantage. However, endeavors toward creativity and innovation are bounded by …

Network science provides a set of quantitative methods to investigate complex systems,
including human cognition. Although cognitive theories in different domains are strongly …

Creative ideas likely result from searching and combining semantic memory knowledge, yet
the mechanisms acting on memory to yield creative ideas remain unclear. Here, we …

Federal agencies and universities in the US promote interdisciplinary research because it
presumably spurs transformative, innovative science. Using data on almost 900 research …

Novelty is an essential feature of creative ideas, yet the building blocks of new ideas are
often embodied in existing knowledge. From this perspective, balancing atypical knowledge …

An extensive body of knowledge exists on network outcomes and on how network structures
may contribute to the creation of outcomes at different levels of analysis, but less attention …

According to Mednick's theory of individual differences in creativity, creative individuals
appear to have a richer and more flexible associative network than less creative individuals …

Economics research is increasingly performed in teams, and team-authored work has a
large and increasing impact advantage. This article considers the benefits and costs of this …

In this invited paper, I briefly review my past, current, and future lines of research. The
associative theory of creativity argues that higher creative individuals have a richer semantic …