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Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ)

Are you curious about how AI would talk about creativity research of the real world? This podcast weaves together compelling findings from art, design, neuroscience, psychology, and AI to decode the creative mind. In each episode, two narrators share key insights and discoveries of a published paper or a book. Most of summaries and audio are generated by AI, via NotebookLM. It may still sometimes give inaccurate responses, so you may want to confirm any facts independently.

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00:10:53

Ep.58. Can Similarity Enhance Visual Working Memory?

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/20

"The influence of similarity on visual working memory representations" by Po-Han Lin & Steven J. Luck Summary This research paper investigates the impact of similarity on visual working memory, challenging the established understanding that similarity impairs memory performance, as seen in verbal memory tasks. The authors conducted experiments using a colour change detection task, finding that increased similarity among colours actually improved performance, contrary to expectations. This

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00:16:03

Ep.57. Can Working Memory Constrain Your Creative...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/17

"The Different Role of Working Memory in Open-Ended Versus Closed-Ended Creative Problem Solving: A Dual-Process Theory" by AccountWei-Lun Lin & Yunn-Wen LienSummary This research article investigates the distinct roles of working memory in two types of creative problem-solving: open-ended (divergent thinking) and closed-ended (insight problem-solving). The authors hypothesise, based on dual-process theory, that divergent thinking relies more on effortless, associative System 1 processing,

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00:13:24

Ep.56. Can the Human Brain's Visual Working Memory Be...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/15

"A neural system for human visual working memory" by LESLIE G. UNGERLEIDER, SUSAN M. COURTNEY, AND JAMES V. HAXBY Summary This 1998 paper by Ungerleider, Courtney, and Haxby reviews neuroimaging research on visual working memory, comparing findings in monkeys and humans. It establishes that visual processing in both species involves distinct ventral (object) and dorsal (spatial) streams extending from the visual cortex into the prefrontal cortex, maintaining a domain specificity in working memory

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00:14:13

Ep.55. Can You Imagine a Life Without Mental Images?

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/13

"Visual working memory performance in aphantasia" by Christianne Jacobs, Dietrich S. Schwarzkopf, and Juha Silvanto Summary This research paper investigates the cognitive implications of aphantasia, the inability to form mental images. The study focuses on a single individual with congenital aphantasia, comparing their visual working memory performance to a control group. Key findings reveal surprisingly intact performance on tasks involving mental imagery, though with reduced metacognitive

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00:15:37

Ep.54. Can the Quality of Visual Working Memory Vary...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/10

"Variability in the quality of visual working memory" by Daryl Fougnie, Jordan W. Suchow & George A. AlvarezSummary This research paper challenges established cognitive models of visual working memory by demonstrating significant variability in the quality of individual memory representations. The authors, using a colour-dot recall task and sophisticated statistical modelling (including variable-precision models superior to fixed-precision models using AIC), show that this variability cannot

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00:35:20

Ep.53. Is It Time to Bridge the Gap Between Visual...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/08

"Visual memory, the long and the short of it: A review of visual working memory and long-term memory" by Mark W. Schurgin Summary This tutorial review by Mark Schurgin synthesizes research on visual working memory (VWM) and visual episodic long-term memory (VLTM), bridging the traditionally compartmentalized approaches to these areas. The review contrasts VWM, defined by its short-term retention and manipulation of information, with VLTM, characterised by passive, long-term storage. Key theoretical

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00:09:24

Ep.52. Can What We Hold in Our Minds Change What We See?

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2025/01/06

"Visual working memory contaminates perception" by Min-Suk Kang & Sang Wook Hong & Randolph Blake &Geoffrey F. Woodman Summary This research article investigates the interaction between visual working memory and visual perception. The authors demonstrate that visual working memory representations directly influence the perception of subsequently presented visual stimuli, specifically affecting the perception of motion direction. Using a motion repulsion paradigm and a series of

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00:15:55

Ep.51. Can You Tune Out Distractions? Working Memory...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/03

"Working Memory Capacity as Executive Attention" by Randall W. Engle Summary This academic paper explores the concept of working memory capacity (WMC), arguing that it's distinct from short-term memory and significantly contributes to general fluid intelligence. The author posits that WMC, essentially executive attention, is crucial for managing interference and maintaining task goals. Research using tasks like the Stroop and antisaccade tests demonstrates that individuals with high WMC exhibit

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00:16:01

Ep.50. Can the Working Memory Unlock the Secrets of...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/01/01

"How Working Memory and the Cerebellum Collaborate to Produce Creativity and Innovation" by Larry R. Vandervert, Paul H. Schimpf & Hesheng Liu Summary This research article proposes a novel theory of creativity and innovation, positing that working memory and the cerebellum collaborate to produce these cognitive feats. The authors argue that repetitive working memory processes, crucial for tasks like problem-solving, are learned as cognitive control models within the cerebellum's MOSAIC and

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00:16:53

Ep.49. Can Bilateral Eye Movements Unlock Your...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/31

"Influence of handedness and bilateral eye movements on creativity" by Elizabeth R. Shobe, Nicholas M. Ross, Jessica I. Fleck Summary This 2009 research paper investigates the link between inter-hemispheric interaction (IHI) and creativity. The study uses handedness (mixed-handers exhibiting greater IHI than strong-handers) and a bilateral eye movement (EM) task (manipulating state IHI) to test this relationship, employing the Alternate Uses Test to measure five creativity dimensions. Results

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00:14:18

Ep.48. Can You See the Flow? Exploring the Link...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/30

"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL ATTENTION AND FLOW EXPERIENCE IN A SERIOUS EDUCATIONAL GAME: AN EYE-TRACKING ANALYSIS" by Wai Ki Rebecca Cheng Summary This dissertation investigates the relationship between visual attention and flow experience in serious educational games (SEGs), specifically within a science-based game called Neuromatrix. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the study uses eye-tracking technology and self-report surveys to analyse the interplay between cognitive (visual attention) and

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00:13:01

Ep.47. Can Eye Movements and Metacognition Unlock the...

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2024/12/27

"Exploring the Creative Process: Integrating Psychometric and Eye-Tracking Approaches" by Dorota M. Jankowska, Marta Czerwonka, Izabela Lebuda and Maciej Karwowski Summary This research article explores the creative process by integrating psychometric testing, eye-tracking, and thinking-aloud protocols. The study used the Test of Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP) with 100 participants wearing eye-tracking glasses and verbalising their thought processes. Eye-tracking data significantly

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00:13:43

Ep.46. How does Eye Blink Rate relate to creative...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/23

"The (Dis)Pleasures of Creativity: Spontaneous Eye Blink Rate during Divergent and Convergent Thinking Depends on Individual Differences in Positive and Negative Affect" by Alwin de Rooij and Ruben D. Vromans Summary This research paper investigates the relationship between spontaneous eye blink rate (sEBR) and creative thinking, specifically divergent and convergent thinking. The study examines how individual differences in positive and negative affect influence this relationship. Using the

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00:17:05

Ep.45. Can Pupil Dilation Predict Creative Thinking?

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/20

"Noradrenergic modulation of creativity" by de Rooij, Alwin; Vromans, Ruben; Dekker, M. Summary This 2018 paper from the Creativity Research Journal, by de Rooij, Vromans, and Dekker of Tilburg University, investigates the link between the locus coeruleus-noradrenaline (LC-NA) system and creativity. Using pupillometry (pupil dilation measurement as a proxy for LC-NA activity), two studies examined the relationship between tonic (baseline) and phasic (task-evoked) pupil dilation and performance on

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00:14:54

Ep.44. How Do Thought Dynamics Explain the Link...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/18

"A Wandering Mind is Not Always a Creative Mind: How Thought Dynamics Explain the Relationship between Mind Wandering and Creativity" by Alwin de Rooij, Ali Atef, and Myrthe Faber (2024) Summary This research paper investigates the relationship between mind-wandering and creativity. Two studies, one surveying creative professionals and the other involving a student experiment, examined whether the context of thoughts (on-task vs. off-task) or the dynamics of thoughts (spontaneity, free-flowing

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00:11:15

Ep.43. Can Observers Agree on Creativity? (CAT)

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/07

"Social Psychology of Creativity: A Consensual Assessment Technique" by Teresa M. Amabile (1982)"The consensual assessment technique: An examination of the relationship between ratings of product and process creativity" by Beth A. Hennessey (1994) Teresa Amabile’s 1982 paper proposes a consensual assessment technique for measuring creativity, which relies on the agreement of “appropriate observers”—those familiar with the domain being judged—rather than objective criteria. The technique is tested

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00:11:54

Ep.42. Is Our Mind Wandering a Sign of Attentional...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/06

"The restless mind" by Jonathan Smallwood and Jonathan Schooler (2013) This research paper examines the phenomenon of mind wandering, exploring its relationship to executive control and attention. The authors propose that mind wandering, though often unintentional, requires executive control to shift attention away from the primary task and towards internal thoughts, goals, and memories. They argue that this shift can lead to superficial representations of the external environment and affect task

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00:18:40

Ep.41. Is there a predictable pattern to the creative...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/04

"The Creative Process in Visual Art: A Longitudinal Multivariate Study" by Guillaume Fürst and Paolo Ghisletta (2012) This article investigates the creative process in visual art, focusing on how the subprocesses of idea generation and idea selection evolve over time. The authors conducted a longitudinal study of 41 students in four Swiss art schools, collecting data on their creative process, personality, mood, and the final product. They found that idea generation tends to decrease over time,

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00:13:58

Ep.40. Can Anyone Learn to Live a More Creative Life?

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/12/02

"Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1996) This collection of text excerpts is a chapter from the book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a leading expert in the study of creativity. It examines the lives of a wide range of creative individuals, from Nobel Prize winners to novelists and artists, to explore the factors that contribute to creative achievement, such as childhood experiences,

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00:12:53

Ep.39. What Makes Our Minds Wander?

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2024/11/30

"What does (and should) “mind wandering” mean?" by Paul Seli, David Maillet, Daniel L. Schacter, Michael J. Kane, Jonathan Smallwood, Jonathan W. Schooler, and Daniel Smilek (2017)This paper examines the various definitions of "mind wandering" that have been used in psychological research, and argues that they can be problematic, leading to inconsistencies and a lack of clarity in the understanding of the phenomenon. The authors propose that "mind wandering" should be viewed as a heterogeneous

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