Associative thinking at the core of creativity
Creativity has long been thought to involve associative processes in memory: connecting
concepts to form ideas, inventions, and artworks. However, associative thinking has been …
concepts to form ideas, inventions, and artworks. However, associative thinking has been …
Beyond semantic distance: Automated scoring of divergent thinking greatly improves with large language models
Automated scoring for divergent thinking (DT) seeks to overcome a key obstacle to creativity
measurement: the effort, cost, and reliability of scoring open-ended tests. For a common test …
measurement: the effort, cost, and reliability of scoring open-ended tests. For a common test …
Naming unrelated words predicts creativity
JA Olson, J Nahas, D Chmoulevitch… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Several theories posit that creative people are able to generate more divergent ideas. If this
is correct, simply naming unrelated words and then measuring the semantic distance …
is correct, simply naming unrelated words and then measuring the semantic distance …
Evaluation is creation: Self and social judgments of creativity across the Four-C model
D Dumas, JC Kaufman - Educational Psychology Review, 2024 - Springer
Who should evaluate the originality and task-appropriateness of a given idea has been a
perennial debate among psychologists of creativity. Here, we argue that the most relevant …
perennial debate among psychologists of creativity. Here, we argue that the most relevant …
Automating creativity assessment with SemDis: An open platform for computing semantic distance
RE Beaty, DR Johnson - Behavior research methods, 2021 - Springer
Creativity research requires assessing the quality of ideas and products. In practice,
conducting creativity research often involves asking several human raters to judge …
conducting creativity research often involves asking several human raters to judge …
Multilingual semantic distance: Automatic verbal creativity assessment in many languages.
Creativity research commonly involves recruiting human raters to judge the originality of
responses to divergent thinking tasks, such as the alternate uses task (AUT). These manual …
responses to divergent thinking tasks, such as the alternate uses task (AUT). These manual …
The current state of artificial intelligence generative language models is more creative than humans on divergent thinking tasks
The emergence of publicly accessible artificial intelligence (AI) large language models such
as ChatGPT has given rise to global conversations on the implications of AI capabilities …
as ChatGPT has given rise to global conversations on the implications of AI capabilities …
The relationship between intelligence and divergent thinking—A meta-analytic update
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 …
divergent thinking (DT), as research on this topic has increased, and methods have …
Divergent semantic integration (DSI): Extracting creativity from narratives with distributional semantic modeling
We developed a novel conceptualization of one component of creativity in narratives by
integrating creativity theory and distributional semantics theory. We termed the new …
integrating creativity theory and distributional semantics theory. We termed the new …
Semantic distance and the alternate uses task: Recommendations for reliable automated assessment of originality
Semantic distance is increasingly used for automated scoring of originality on divergent
thinking tasks, such as the Alternate Uses Task (AUT). Despite some psychometric support …
thinking tasks, such as the Alternate Uses Task (AUT). Despite some psychometric support …