Highlights•Creativity involves two phases, a generation phase and an evaluation
phase.•Stringent evaluation hinders divergent thinking abilities.•Environmental factors affect …

The study of the relationships between divergent thinking and the core executive functions is
long standing. However, the literature on this topic is not conclusive. The present review was …

Creative ideas likely result from searching and combining semantic memory knowledge, yet
the mechanisms acting on memory to yield creative ideas remain unclear. Here, we …

Intelligence and creativity are known to be correlated constructs suggesting that they share a
common cognitive basis. The present study assessed three specific executive abilities …

Historically, psychedelic drugs are known to modulate cognitive flexibility, a central aspect of
cognition permitting adaptation to changing environmental demands. Despite proof …

This study investigated how cooperative and competitive interaction modes affect the group
creative performance. The participants were recruited as dyads to solve 2 problems either …

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

Creative cognition has long been hypothesized to rely on spontaneous as well as controlled
cognitive processes. This chapter starts by giving a brief overview of pertinent dual process …

Developmental cognitive neuroscience studies tend to show that the prefrontal brain regions
(known to be involved in inhibitory control) are activated during the generation of creative …

Background Physical activity is a health-relevant lifestyle factor associated with various
benefits on physical and mental health. Several meta-analyses indicated effects of acute …