Abstract
The Novelty-Seeking Model can explain incubation's effect on creativity by assuming an adaptive decision threshold. During an impasse, the threshold for novelty becomes too high and biased to previous neural activity, hindering progress. Incubation “resets” this threshold through attentional decoupling, allowing for spontaneous ideas to emerge from subsequent mind wandering or other activities that attract attention, facilitating progress.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e97 |
Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
Volume | 47 |
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Publication status | Published - 21 May 2024 |
Keywords
- Novelty seeking
- Mind wandering
- Incubation
- creativity
- Locus coeruleus
- noreprinephrine
- surprise bias