This book presents the author's research into whether speaking multiple languages has a
positive impact on an individual's creative potential. It examines how specific factors in …

This chapter provides an overview of empirical research on the relationship between
bilingualism and creativity. It focuses on the creative performance of bilingual and …

This paper proposes a contribution to the investigation of the relation between
multilingualism and creativity. Past evidence of a correlation between multilingualism and …

In this paper, the association between bilingualism and creativity is investigated. In the first
part, the results of a literature review are reported. Previous research predominantly found …

The creativity involves novelty, imagination, adaptability, experimentation, and open-
mindedness. Nevertheless, it is quite a difficult concept to tie down because it means quite …

The study presents a systematic investigation of the cognitive mechanisms of selective
attention that potentially mediate the effect of bilingualism on creative abilities. The …

T HE PROCESS OF LEARNING is com-plex, and its study has long been an important and
vigorous branch of psychology. Similarly, language learning is a complicated process that …

Summary of Studies A number of studies have investigated the relationship between
creativity and bilingualism. Twenty‐four such studies have been surveyed by the author and …

Introduction Creative behavior takes many forms. At one extreme, creativity can be
manifested in the epochal achievements of historic geniuses, such as those that highlight …

Bilingualism is commonly assumed to improve creativity but the mechanisms underlying
creative acts, and the way these mechanisms are affected by bilingualism, are not very well …