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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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00:27:57

Ep.98. What Frameworks Help Us Understand Creative...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/04/11

"Theories of Creativity" by Aaron Kozbelt, Ronald A. Beghetto, and Mark A. RuncoSummaryThis chapter from "The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity" serves as an introduction to the diverse landscape of creativity theories. The authors advocate for moderation and pluralism, suggesting that no single perspective fully captures the complexity of creativity and that various theories, with their different assumptions and methods, offer valuable insights. The text then systematically reviews major

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00:11:18

Ep.97. Does Metacognition Hold the Key to Creative...

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2025/04/10

"Managing Your Muse: Exploring Three Levels of Metacognitive Control in Creative Ideation" by Mathias Benedek & Izabela LebudaSummaryThis academic paper, "Managing Your Muse: Exploring Three Levels of Metacognitive Control in Creative Ideation," published in the Creativity Research Journal, investigates how metacognitive control, our ability to manage our own thinking, influences creative thinking, specifically in idea generation tasks. The authors, Benedek and Lebuda,

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00:12:32

Ep.96. How Does Cognition Sculpt Artistic Worlds?

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2025/04/09

"Disentangling the Impact of Artistic Creativity on Creative Thinking, Working Memory, Attention, and Intelligence: Evidence for Domain-Specific Relationships with a New Self-Report Questionnaire" by Katrin Lunke and Beat MeierSummaryThis research article introduces the Artistic Creativity Domains Compendium (ACDC), a novel self-report questionnaire designed to assess artistic creativity across distinct areas like visual arts, literature, music, and performing arts. The study's primary

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00:22:28

Ep.95. Is There More to Creativity Than Genius and...

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2025/04/08

"Beyond Big and Little: The Four C Model of Creativity" by James C. Kaufman and Ronald A. BeghettoSummaryThis academic paper, "Beyond Big and Little: The Four C Model of Creativity," addresses the common dichotomy in creativity research between eminent "Big-C" creativity and everyday "little-c" creativity. The authors, Kaufman and Beghetto, argue that this binary view is insufficient and propose a more nuanced "Four C Model". This model introduces

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00:18:33

Ep.94. Is Creativity a Stable Trait of Defocused...

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2025/04/07

"Variable Attention Facilitates Creative Problem Solving" by Oshin VartanianSummaryThis research paper explores the relationship between attention and creativity, challenging the traditional view that creativity stems from a consistently defocused state of mind. Instead, the author argues, and presents experimental evidence to support, the idea that creative individuals possess a flexible attentional control. This means they can adjust their focus of attention according to the demands of

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00:17:55

Ep.93. Can Focused Minds Be More Creative?

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2025/04/03

"Working Memory Benefits Creative Insight, Musical Improvisation, and Original Ideation Through Maintained Task-Focused Attention" by Carsten K. W. De Dreu, Bernard A. Nijstad, Matthijs Baas, Inge Wolsink, and Marieke RoskesSummaryThis academic article investigates the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and creativity, specifically examining whether having a greater capacity to hold and manipulate information in mind benefits the generation of novel and appropriate ideas

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00:10:27

Ep.92. Is the Key to Creativity Not Strength of Mind,...

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2025/04/02

"Creativity as Flexible Cognitive Control" by Darya L. Zabelina and Michael D. RobinsonSummaryThis research article explores the relationship between creativity and cognitive control, arguing that creative individuals excel not in the overall capacity for control, but in their flexibility to modulate it according to the situation. The authors investigated this using the Stroop task, a measure of cognitive control, alongside assessments of creative originality and achievement. Their

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00:36:04

Ep.91. Does the Muse Exist?

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2025/04/02

"The Creative Process in Graphic Art" by Marion BotellaSummaryThis chapter from "The Creative Process: Perspectives from Multiple Domains" delves into the intricacies of artistic creativity, exploring it through multiple lenses. Firstly, it examines the stages of the creative process as described by professional artists, identifying common phases like ideation, documentation, and materialisation. Secondly, it adopts a multivariate approach, analysing cognitive, conative, emotional, and environmental

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00:11:17

Ep.90. Can We Truly Measure the Mind's Eye?

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2025/04/01

"Measuring creative imagery abilities" by Dorota M. Jankowska and Maciej KarwowskiSummaryThis academic paper introduces the Test of Creative Imagery Abilities (TCIA), a new tool designed to specifically measure creative visual imagination by assessing three key components: vividness, originality, and transformativeness. The authors, Jankowska and Karwowski, argue that previous research has often blurred the lines between imagination and divergent thinking, leading to inadequate measurement of

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00:15:08

Ep.89. Does Imagining Make You More Creative?

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2025/03/31

"Domain-Specificity of Creativity: A Study on the Relationship Between Visual Creativity and Visual Mental Imagery" by Massimiliano Palmiero, Raffaella Nori, Vincenzo Aloisi, Martina Ferrara and Laura PiccardiSummaryThis academic paper, titled "Domain-Specificity of Creativity: A Study on the Relationship Between Visual Creativity and Visual Mental Imagery," investigates how the capacity for visual creativity relates to different aspects of visual mental imagery. The researchers

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00:13:54

Ep.88. The Amusement Park Theoretical Model of...

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2025/03/28

"The Amusement Park Theoretical Model of Creativity: An attempt to bridge the domain-specificity/generality gap" by John Baer, James C. KaufmanSummaryThis academic paper introduces the Amusement Park Theoretical (APT) Model of Creativity, which aims to reconcile domain-specific and domain-general aspects of creativity. The model proposes a hierarchical structure with four levels: Initial Requirements, General Thematic Areas, Domains, and Microdomains, representing increasing levels of

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00:15:26

Ep.87. How Do Artworks Challenge Our Perceptions?...

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2025/03/26

SummaryThis research paper delves into the concept of semantic instability (SeIns) in art, exploring how artworks challenge viewers' perceptions and offer multiple interpretations. The authors, Muth, Hesslinger, and Carbon, conducted a classification study using experiential reports from participants viewing various 20th and 21st-century artworks. Through k-means cluster analysis, they identified four key variants of SeIns: integrative blend, multistability, indeterminacy, and contradiction to

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00:21:41

Ep.86. What Can the History of Creativity Tell Us...

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2025/03/24

"Creativity: A Historical Perspective" by Vlad P. Glăveanu and James C. KaufmanSummaryThis text offers a historical perspective on creativity, arguing that its contemporary understanding as universal and vital is a relatively modern phenomenon. It explores how the concept of creativity has evolved over time, from being associated with divine power to its current perception as an individual trait. The authors highlight the shifting views of creativity through different eras, including

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00:08:30

Ep.85. Does Unconscious Thought Really Lead to Better...

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2025/03/21

"The benefits of “sleeping on things”: Unconscious thought leads to automatic weighting" by Maarten W. Bos, Ap Dijksterhuis, Rick B. van BaarenSummaryThis Journal of Consumer Psychology article investigates the idea that unconscious thought can improve decision-making by facilitating an automatic weighting process. Through a series of experiments where participants chose between cars based on varying attributes, the authors, Bos, Dijksterhuis, and van Baaren, demonstrate that allowing time

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00:11:20

Ep.84. Do Task-Irrelevant Distractions Always Disrupt...

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2025/03/19

"Controlling the Flow of Distracting Information in Working Memory" by Nicole Hakim, Tobias Feldmann-Wüstefeld, Edward Awh, and Edward K. VogelSummaryThis research article, "Controlling the Flow of Distracting Information in Working Memory," investigates how our brains manage distractions while trying to remember things. It posits that attentional capture, the process by which distractions grab our focus, isn't a single event but involves at least two distinct

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00:18:10

Ep.83. Creative Cognition: How Do the Default and...

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2025/03/17

"Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics" by Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Paul J. Silvia, and Daniel L. SchacterSummaryThis paper explores the neural basis of creative cognition, arguing that it arises from the dynamic interplay between the default mode network (associated with self-generated thought) and the executive control network (linked to goal-directed cognition). It highlights that creative thinking involves a cooperation between these two networks, which are typically

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00:20:57

Ep.82. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts

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2025/03/14

"Recent Trends in the Psychological Study of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts" by Colin MartindaleSummaryThis article, "Recent Trends in the Psychological Study of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts", offers a historical overview of the field of psychological aesthetics and creativity research. Martindale traces the shifting boundaries of psychology, highlighting the movements from grand theories to behaviourism, and then to cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology and

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00:08:23

Ep.81. Constraints and Creativity: Are Our...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/03/12

"You See a Wall, I See Blue Skies: A Perception-Based Model of Constraints and Creativity" by Kelsey E. MedeirosSummaryThis article, "You See a Wall, I See Blue Skies: A Perception-Based Model of Constraints and Creativity", published in the Creativity Research Journal, addresses the complex relationship between constraints and creativity. It argues that previous research has oversimplified this relationship by focusing too heavily on constraints as a direct influence. Instead,

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00:17:56

Ep.80. Creative Thinking: Is it a Balancing Act...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/03/10

"The shifting sands of creative thinking: Connections to dual-process theory" by Paul T. Sowden, Andrew Pringle & Liane GaboraSummaryThis research article, "The shifting sands of creative thinking: Connections to dual-process theory," explores the link between dual-process models of cognition and models of creative thinking. It begins by outlining dual-process theory, highlighting the distinction between Type 1 (autonomous) and Type 2 (working memory dependent) processes. The

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00:19:26

Ep.79. What Sparks Creativity? Exploring the...

Creativity Research Audio Journal (CRAJ) ·

2025/03/07

"Cognition and Creativity" by Mark A. Runco and Ivonne ChandSummaryThis article by Runco and Chand explores the cognitive processes underlying creativity, blending traditional cognitive psychology with innovative perspectives unique to creativity research. It challenges purely scientific analyses by acknowledging the subjective nature of certain creative processes. The authors review how standard cognitive functions like knowledge, memory, and categorisation influence creative thinking. They propose

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