Is a wandering mind a novelty-seeking mind? The curious case of incubation

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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 languageEnglish
Article numbere97
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume47
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 May 2024

Keywords

  • Novelty seeking
  • Mind wandering
  • Incubation
  • creativity
  • Locus coeruleus
  • noreprinephrine
  • surprise bias

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