2016/03/24 by Xuan Pan, Huihong Yu · 65 citations
Computer Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognition #Cognitive Science and Mapping #Cognitive flexibility #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Control (management) #Creativity #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #Creativity technique #Divergent thinking #Executive functions #Flexibility (engineering) #Fluency #Management #Mathematics education #Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function #Originality #Psychology #Social psychology #Structural equation modeling
paper · doi:10.1002/jocb.144
published in The Journal of Creative Behavior 52(3), 212-225 (Wiley)
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Abstract The relationship between creativity and executive control has long been controversial. Some researchers view creative thinking as a defocused process with little executive control involvement, whereas others claim that executive control plays a vital role in creative thinking. In this study, we focused on one subcomponent of executive control, cognitive shifting, and examined its relationship with creativity by using latent variable analysis and structural equation modeling. We also analyzed whether this relation was mediated by intelligence. The results showed that: (a) cognitive shifting ability had a positive relationship with creativity, but only on the quantitative aspects (fluency and flexibility); (b) Intelligence had a positive relationship with both quantitative and qualitative aspects (originality) of creativity, and its effect on qualitative aspect was stronger than that on the quantitative aspect; (c) There was a mediating effect of intelligence on the relationship between creativity cognitive and shifting.