Robert A Cortes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5763091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert A Cortes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cortes |
| SIGNATURE | CORTES R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1106-9452 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Scientific Creative Thinking Test (SCTT)
Creative thinking is a primary driver of innovation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), allowing students and practitioners to generate novel hypotheses, flexibly connect information from diverse sources, and solve ill-defined problems. To foster creativity in STEM education, there is a crucial need for assessment tools for measuring STEM creativity that educators and researchers can apply to test how different teaching approach…
Brain networks supporting scientific creative thinking
Evidence for an Asymmetric Switch Cost in State Creativity
The role of top-down control in divergent creativity remains heavily debated. An outstanding question about the state dynamics of creativity concerns acute shifts between heightened and lowered creative states. Particularly, do transitions between creative states incur a “switch cost” as observed in other domains of cognition? Prior research showed that asymmetric switch costs are often incurred such that reaction time is asymmetrically slower wh…
Individual Differences in Parietal and Premotor Activity During Spatial Cognition Predict Figural Creativity
Creativity often requires envisioning novel connections and combinations among elements in space, e.g., to invent a new product or generate a work of art. A relationship between spatial cognition and creativity has been demonstrated at both the behavioral and neural levels, but the exact neurocognitive mechanisms that bridge this connection remain unclear. The present study tested whether individual differences in functional activation in spatial…
Fine motor skills during early childhood predict visuospatial deductive reasoning in adolescence
Extensive evidence and theory suggest that the development of motor skills during infancy and early childhood initiates a "developmental cascade" for cognitive abilities, such as reading and math. Motor skills are closely connected with the development of spatial cognition, an ability that supports deductive reasoning. Despite the linkage between motor skills and spatial cognition, and spatial cognition with deductive reasoning, no research has e…
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Fine motor skills during early childhood predict visuospatial deductive reasoning in adolescence
Extensive evidence and theory suggest that the development of motor skills during infancy and early childhood initiates a "developmental cascade" for cognitive abilities, such as reading and math. Motor skills are closely connected with the development of spatial cognition, an ability that supports deductive reasoning. Despite the linkage between motor skills and spatial cognition, and spatial cognition with deductive reasoning, no research has e…
Individual Differences in Parietal and Premotor Activity During Spatial Cognition Predict Figural Creativity
Creativity often requires envisioning novel connections and combinations among elements in space, e.g., to invent a new product or generate a work of art. A relationship between spatial cognition and creativity has been demonstrated at both the behavioral and neural levels, but the exact neurocognitive mechanisms that bridge this connection remain unclear. The present study tested whether individual differences in functional activation in spatial…
Evidence for an Asymmetric Switch Cost in State Creativity
The role of top-down control in divergent creativity remains heavily debated. An outstanding question about the state dynamics of creativity concerns acute shifts between heightened and lowered creative states. Particularly, do transitions between creative states incur a “switch cost” as observed in other domains of cognition? Prior research showed that asymmetric switch costs are often incurred such that reaction time is asymmetrically slower wh…
Brain networks supporting scientific creative thinking
The Scientific Creative Thinking Test (SCTT)
Creative thinking is a primary driver of innovation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), allowing students and practitioners to generate novel hypotheses, flexibly connect information from diverse sources, and solve ill-defined problems. To foster creativity in STEM education, there is a crucial need for assessment tools for measuring STEM creativity that educators and researchers can apply to test how different teaching approach…
Creativity (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Creative thinking (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works)