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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Effect of Cognitive Demand during Incubation on Group Divergent Thinking Tasks

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Qichen Zhao
    University of Georgia, Athens Georgia
  • Beverly Roskos
    University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Abstract

Leaving a hard task for a while usually enhances later performance, which is known as the incubation effect. In three experiments, we examined whether the level of cognitive demand required to complete a task during the incubation period had an effect on later creativity performance in dyads.

Cognitive Processes