Highlights•We outline a neurocognitive framework of creative cognition.•It focuses on the
role of memory, attention, and cognitive control.•It integrates evidence from cognitive and …

Highlights•EEG's high temporal resolution is supremely suitable for studying creative
cognition.•Increased alpha activity is a common marker of various creative processes.•Other …

The role of attention in creative cognition remains controversial. Neuroimaging studies have
reported activation of brain regions linked to both cognitive control and spontaneous …

What happens in our brains when we compose a melody, write a poem, paint a picture, or
choreograph a dance sequence? How is this different from what occurs in the brain when …

Mindfulness improves people's functioning in many areas, but its relationship with creativity
is equivocal. To assess the link between mindfulness and creativity, we present a multilevel …

Recent research has suggested that an episodic specificity induction—brief training in
recollecting the details of a past experience—enhances divergent creative thinking on the …

Increasing evidence suggests that executive functions (EFs)–a set of general-purpose
control processes that regulate thoughts and behaviors–are relevant for creativity. However …

Increasing research efforts are focused on explaining the cognitive bases of creativity.
However, it remains unclear when and how cognitive factors such as intelligence and …

Creativity is defined as the ability to generate ideas or products that are both original and in
some way useful or adaptive (Barron, 1969). At the highest level, creative ideas, processes …

Creativity has been putatively linked to distinct forms of attention, but which aspects of
creativity and which components of attention remains unclear. Two experiments examined …