Measuring creative imagery abilities

Measuring creative imagery abilities

Over the decades, creativity and imagination research developed in parallel, but they surprisingly rarely intersected. This paper introduces a new theoretical model of creative visual imagination, which bridges creativity and imagination research, as well as presents a new psychometric instrument, called the Test of Creative Imagery Abilities (TCIA), developed to measure creative imagery abilit...

Creative Inference in Imagery and Invention

By constructing images called preinventive forms, and by exploring the various interpretive possibilities afforded by those forms, a person can discover a new invention, develop a new concept, or gain new insights into how to solve a problem. Recent studies show how imposing different types of constraints on interpreting these forms affects the likelihood that a creative inference can be made. ...

Creative thinking abilities among children and adults with dyslexia.

Foxc1 mutations have been implicated in Dandy–Walker malformation (DWM), the most common human cerebellar malformation diagnosed by an enlarged posterior fossa and fourth ventricle, and cerebellar hypoplasia. Although loss of this transcription factor causes developmental cerebellar pathology, it is not expressed in the developing cerebellum. Rather it is widely expressed in embryonicmesoderman...

Importance of accurately measuring spatial abilities.

Measuring athlete imagery ability: the sport imagery ability questionnaire.

This research aimed to develop and provide initial validation of the Sport Imagery Ability Questionnaire (SIAQ). The SIAQ assesses athletes' ease of imaging different types of imagery content. Following an extensive pilot study, 375 athletes completed a 20-item SIAQ in Study 1. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a 4-factor model assessing skill, strategy, goal, and affect imagery ability. Con...