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Gu, Xiaojing; Ritter, Simone M.; Delfmann, Lea R.; Dijksterhuis, Ap – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2022
Creative thinking is needed to thrive in our fast-changing world. It has been shown that creative thinking skills can be enhanced through training. Whereas previous research has mainly focused on examining the overall effectiveness of comprehensive creativity training programs, this study examined the effectiveness of four cognitive-based training…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Training
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Kühn, Simone; Ritter, Simone M.; Müller, Barbara C. N.; van Baaren, Rick B.; Brass, Marcel; Dijksterhuis, Ap – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2014
Anecdotal reports as well as behavioral studies have suggested that creative performance benefits from unconscious processes. So far, however, little is known about how creative ideas arise from the brain. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the neural correlates of creativity by means of structural MRI research. Given that unconscious…
Descriptors: Creativity, Cognitive Processes, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests
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Ritter, Simone M.; van Baaren, Rick B.; Dijksterhuis, Ap – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
Today's world of continuous change thrives on creative individuals. Anecdotal reports suggest that creative performance benefits from unconscious processes. Empirical research on the role of the unconscious in creativity, though, is inconsistent and thus far has focused mainly on one aspect of the creative process--idea generation. This is the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Role, Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills