The role of memory in creative ideation

M Benedek, RE Beaty, DL Schacter… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Creativity reflects the remarkable human capacity to produce novel and effective ideas.
Empirical work suggests that creative ideas do not just emerge out of nowhere but typically …

Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes

MM Ramey, DL Zabelina - Memory & Cognition, 2024 - Springer
The ability to generate novel ideas, known as divergent thinking, depends on both semantic
knowledge and episodic memory. Semantic knowledge and episodic memory are known to …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing accuracy motivations using moral reframing does not reduce Republicans' belief in false news

M Stagnaro, S Pink, DG Rand… - Harvard Kennedy …, 2023 - misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu
Implications Academics, policymakers, and the general public are highly concerned about
the spread of misinformation, and a great deal of research has sought interventions to …

Constructive episodic retrieval processes underlying memory distortion contribute to creative thinking and everyday problem solving

PP Thakral, NM Barberio, AL Devitt, DL Schacter - Memory & Cognition, 2023 - Springer
Constructive episodic retrieval processes play an adaptive role in supporting divergent
thinking (ie, creatively combining diverse bits of information) and means-end problem …

[HTML][HTML] Individual differences in semantic priming and inhibitory control predict performance in the Remote Associates Test (RAT)

R Lezama, CJ Gómez-Ariza, MT Bajo - Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2023 - Elsevier
Creative thinking is a complex cognitive ability that requires the combination and integration
of information in the memory to produce original ideas. Previous creativity research has …

Are False Memory and Creative Thinking Mediated by Common Neural Substrates? An fMRI Meta-Analysis

PP Thakral, CC Starkey, AL Devitt… - Creativity Research …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Episodic retrieval plays a functional-adaptive role in supporting divergent creative thinking,
the ability to creatively combine different pieces of information. However, the same …

The features of divergent thinking development in the framework of distance teaching students of cultural studies

S Qiao, A Serdakova - Education and Information Technologies, 2024 - Springer
The development of education directly refers to the improvement of digital technologies that
contribute to new opportunities in the learning process. Based on this, the primary purpose …

Stable abnormalities of contrast discrimination sensitivity in subthreshold depression: A longitudinal study

S Chen, H Zhong, G Mei - PsyCh journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subthreshold depression (StD), as a subclinical state, is highly prevalent and increases the
risk for developing major depressive disorder (MDD). Although several studies have …

Social network structure shapes the formation of true and false memories at collective level

T Valle, A Krizovenska, JG Arch, MT Bajo… - 2023 - osf.io
Societal structures and theoretical models of memory organization share network-like
features, suggesting potential mutual insights into how information spreads and shapes …

Constructive Episodic Simulation in Brain and Cognition

S Kalinowski - 2024 - dash.harvard.edu
A large and growing body of work demonstrates that remembering past events relies on
constructive episodic retrieval of event details, while these same processes allow those …