In the past two decades, there has been increasing use of semantic networks in engineering
design for supporting various activities, such as knowledge extraction, prior art search, idea …

Creativity support tools help people engage creatively with the world, but measuring how
well a tool supports creativity is challenging since creativity is ill-defined. To this end, we …

The concept of “Design Thinking” opens up debate regarding the prevalent human–
computer interaction design practice. This article focuses specifically on the cognitive …

Evaluating creativity support environments is challenging. Some approaches address
people's experiences of creativity. The present method measures creativity, across …

Inspiration is a widely recognized phenomenon in everyday life. However, researchers still
know very little about what the process of inspiration entails. This paper investigates …

The cognition that gives rise to creative thinking is not a singular process or operation;
rather, it consists of many different cognitive structures and processes that can collaborate in …

This paper introduces a new method for quantifying open-ended collaborative embodied
improvisation: Observable Creative Sense-Making (OCSM). This technique builds on …

Patterns and processes emerge unbidden in complex systems when many simple entities
interact. This overview emphasizes the role of networks in emergence, notably network …

As an important skill in many domains, creativity is understood to be a process that includes
stages like finding goals, looking up information, exploring, creating ideas, combining ideas …

Purpose–The aim of this study is to explore the information needs and behaviors of
practicing theatre artists. Psychological research into creativity provides a framework for …