Creativity has long been thought to involve associative processes in memory: connecting
concepts to form ideas, inventions, and artworks. However, associative thinking has been …

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 …

Background Whether vaccination during pregnancy could reduce the burden of respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV)–associated lower respiratory tract illness in newborns and infants is …

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 …

Metacognition refers to the knowledge and regulation of one's own cognitive processes,
which has been regarded as a critical component of creative thinking. However, the current …

This paper provides a meta-analytic update on the relationship between intelligence and
divergent thinking (DT), as research on this topic has increased, and methods have …

Increasing evidence suggests that specific memory systems (eg, semantic vs. episodic) may
support specific creative thought processes. However, there are a number of inconsistencies …

This chapter provides a systematic, synthesizing, and critical review of the literature related
to assessments of creativity in education from historical, theoretical, empirical, and practical …

Are intelligence and creativity distinct abilities, or do they rely on the same cognitive and
neural systems? We sought to quantify the extent to which intelligence and creative …

Flexibility (ie, the number of categorically different ideas), fluency (ie, the answer quantity),
and originality (ie, the quality of ideas) are essential aspects of the ability to think divergently …