Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
| Journal | Journal of Creative Behavior |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
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Keywords
- Affect
- Divergent thinking
- Convergent thinking
- Individual differences
- Creativity
- Motivation
- Eye blink rate
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The (dis) pleasures of creativity : Spontaneous eye blink rate during divergent and convergent thinking depends on individual differences in positive and negative affect. / de Rooij, Alwin; Vromans, Ruben.
In: Journal of Creative Behavior, 2018, p. 1-17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - The (dis) pleasures of creativity
T2 - Spontaneous eye blink rate during divergent and convergent thinking depends on individual differences in positive and negative affect
AU - de Rooij, Alwin
AU - Vromans, Ruben
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Previous research has demonstrated that individual differences in affect and motivation predict divergent and convergent thinking performance, two thinking processes involved in creative idea generation. Individual differences in affect and motivation also predict spontaneous eye blink rate (sEBR) during divergent and convergent thinking; and sEBR predicts divergent and convergent thinking performance. The present study investigates experimentally whether the relationship between sEBR and divergent and convergent thinking depends on individual differences in affect and motivation. Eighty-two participants completed the Emotion/motivation-related Divergent and Convergent thinking styles Scale (EDICOS; Soroa et al., 2015), performed the alternative uses task (AUT; divergent thinking) or the remote associates task (RAT; convergent thinking), while their sEBR was captured with an eye-tracker. The results showed that individual differences in positive affect positively correlated with sEBR for the AUT, whereas individual differences in negative affect positively correlated with sEBR for the RAT. Furthermore, the interaction between individual differences in positive and negative affect predict divergent and convergent thinking performance. The contribution of our study is therefore that individual differences in positive and negative affect can both positively correlate with sEBR during divergent and convergent thinking; and that this predicts divergent and convergent thinking performance.
AB - Previous research has demonstrated that individual differences in affect and motivation predict divergent and convergent thinking performance, two thinking processes involved in creative idea generation. Individual differences in affect and motivation also predict spontaneous eye blink rate (sEBR) during divergent and convergent thinking; and sEBR predicts divergent and convergent thinking performance. The present study investigates experimentally whether the relationship between sEBR and divergent and convergent thinking depends on individual differences in affect and motivation. Eighty-two participants completed the Emotion/motivation-related Divergent and Convergent thinking styles Scale (EDICOS; Soroa et al., 2015), performed the alternative uses task (AUT; divergent thinking) or the remote associates task (RAT; convergent thinking), while their sEBR was captured with an eye-tracker. The results showed that individual differences in positive affect positively correlated with sEBR for the AUT, whereas individual differences in negative affect positively correlated with sEBR for the RAT. Furthermore, the interaction between individual differences in positive and negative affect predict divergent and convergent thinking performance. The contribution of our study is therefore that individual differences in positive and negative affect can both positively correlate with sEBR during divergent and convergent thinking; and that this predicts divergent and convergent thinking performance.
KW - Affect
KW - Divergent thinking
KW - Convergent thinking
KW - Individual differences
KW - Creativity
KW - Motivation
KW - Eye blink rate
U2 - 10.1002/jocb.379
DO - 10.1002/jocb.379
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Journal of Creative Behavior
JF - Journal of Creative Behavior
SN - 0022-0175
ER -