This study examined the effect of music listening on creative thinking through the lens of the arousal-and-mood hypothesis, which posits that emotional reactions (i.e., arousal and valence) mediate the effect of music listening on cognitive functioning. Participants were randomly assigned to three groups: a positive music group (n = 198), a negative music group (n = 195), and a control group (n...

There is disagreement among researchers about whether IQ tests or divergent thinking (DT) tests are better predictors of creative achievement. Resolving this dispute is complicated by the fact that some research has shown a relationship between IQ and DT test scores (e.g., Runco & Albert, 1986; Wallach, 1970). The present study conducted meta-analyses of the relationships between creative achie...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that creative people sometimes use food to overcome mental blocks and lack of inspiration, but empirical support for this possibility is still lacking. In this study we investigated whether performance in tasks assumed to assess convergent and divergent thinking (components of human creativity) is promoted by the food supplement LTyrosine (TYR)—a biochemical precurso...

Selart, M., & Boe, O. Insights in the habitual nature of creative decision making. Göteborg Psychological Reports, 1998, 28, No 4. A questionnaire study was conducted in order to test the idea that creative decision making may be looked upon as a conscious and controlled habit which appears in everyday life. The results of the questionnaire revealed that everyday decision makers perceived thems...

This paper describes an innovative scenario in teaching digital electronics at technical high schools. The course designed to improve students’ applied logic ability, practical thinking, creative thinking, and critical thinking. The students work in teams in order to solve initially simple technical problems by using simulations and by comparing various circuits, and then more complex technical...

The process of identifying techniques for fostering creativity, and applying these theoretical constructs in real-world educational activities, is, by nature, multifaceted and not straightforward, pertaining to several fields such as cognitive theory and psychology. Furthermore, the quantification of the impact of different activities on creativity is a challenging and not yet thoroughly invest...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that creative people sometimes use food to overcome mental blocks and lack of inspiration, but empirical support for this possibility is still lacking. In this study, we investigated whether creativity in convergent- and divergent-thinking tasks is promoted by the food supplement L-Tyrosine (TYR)-a biochemical precursor of dopamine, which is assumed to drive cognitiv...

Life long learning is important to keep oneself up-to-date in ones profession. Due to the rapid evolutionary nature of computer science, life long learning becomes even more important. Equipping the students with critical and creative thinking skills can make learning more effective. Critical and creative thinking skills can be taught either by offering explicit courses on such topics or the im...