APS

29th APS Annual Convention

Can We Facilitate Creativity? Insights on How to Have More Insights

Friday, May 26, 2017 · Boston, MA

Cognitive

Insightful ideas are a powerful expression of creativity and recent research has shown problems solved via insight are highly accurate. This symposium will present various perspectives of how research on cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying creative idea generation has led to new strategies in facilitating creativity.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Carola SalviChair
    Northwestern University
  • Amory DanekCoChair
    University of Illinois at Chicago

Presentations

  1. Distinct Styles of Daydreaming in Relationship with Creativity.Claire Zedelius
  2. Identifying the Costs and Benefits of Memory Systems and Cognitive Control to Creative Idea Production.Roger Beaty
  3. Cognitive and Neural Interventions to Enhance Creativity in Relational Thinking and Reasoning.Adam Green
  4. Multiple Paths to Insight: Training, Analogy, Incubation, and Individual Differences.Trina Kershaw