Hedonic tone and activation level in the mood-creativity link
Toward a dual pathway to creativity model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203316 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carsten K W De Dreu (0000-0003-3692-4611, University of Amsterdam), Matthijs Baas (0000-0003-4001-9657, University of Amsterdam), Bernard A Nijstad (0000-0001-7882-8447, University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 739-756 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.94.5.739 |
| PMID | 18444736 |
| OpenAlex | W2122158748 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 207 |
| References cited | 64 |
To understand when and why mood states influence creativity, the authors developed and tested a dual pathway to creativity model; creative fluency (number of ideas or insights) and originality (novelty) are functions of cognitive flexibility, persistence, or some combination thereof. Invoking work on arousal, psychophysiological processes, and working memory capacity, the authors argue that activating moods (e.g., angry, fearful, happy, elated) lead to more creative fluency and originality than do deactivating moods (e.g., sad, depressed, relaxed, serene). Furthermore, activating moods influence creative fluency and originality because of enhanced cognitive flexibility when tone is positive and because of enhanced persistence when tone is negative. Four studies with different mood manipulations and operationalizations of creativity (e.g., brainstorming, category inclusion tasks, gestalt completion tests) support the model
Brainstorming · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Creativity · Dual (grammatical number) · Flexibility (engineering) · Fluency · Mood · Novelty · Originality · Tone (literature) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Mind wandering and attention · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 207 |
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| Citations per year | 11,5 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 193 |