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The susceptibility of compound remote associate problems to disruption by irrelevant sound: a Window onto the component processes underpinning creative cognition?
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Humans and technology. School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9494-1287
School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK.
Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK.
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2021 (English)In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology, ISSN 2044-5911, E-ISSN 2044-592X, Vol. 33, no 6-7, p. 793-822Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Controversy exists regarding the processes involved in creative thinking with the Remote Associates Test (RAT) and the Compound Remote Associates Test (CRAT). We report three experiments that aimed to shed light on the component processes underpinning CRAT performance by using the mere presence of task-irrelevant sound as a key theoretical tool. Experiments 1 and 2 revealed that CRAT performance was impaired relative to a quiet condition by the presence of sequences of changing letters and tones, respectively. In both experiments a non-changing sound (a repeated letter or a repeated tone) produced no disruption relative to quiet. Experiment 3 established that additional disruption was engendered by having to ignore meaningful speech as compared to meaningless speech. These experiments demonstrate that both semantic activation and subvocalisation are important determinants of successful creative thinking with CRAT problems. We suggest that semantic activation underpins solution-generation processes whereas subvocalisation underpins solution-evaluation processes.

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Taylor & Francis, 2021. Vol. 33, no 6-7, p. 793-822
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Compound remote associates test, insight, auditory distraction, component processes
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Applied Psychology
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Engineering Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-83384DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2021.1900201ISI: 000630677300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85102927762OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-83384DiVA, id: diva2:1539429
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Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-11-09 (beamah);

Finansiär: British Academy and Leverhulme Trust (SG162930)

Available from: 2021-03-24 Created: 2021-03-24 Last updated: 2021-11-09Bibliographically approved

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