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Title: Forgetting as a Consequence and Enabler of Creative Thinking
Language: English
Authors: Storm, Benjamin C., Patel, Trisha N.
Source: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Nov 2014 40(6):1594-1609.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2014
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Memory, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Cues, Recall (Psychology), Inhibition, Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students, Training, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Psychology
Geographic Terms: California
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000006
ISSN: 0278-7393
Abstract: Four experiments examined the interplay of memory and creative cognition, showing that attempting to think of new uses for an object can cause the forgetting of old uses. Specifically, using an adapted version of the Alternative Uses Task (Guilford, 1957), participants studied several uses for a variety of common household objects before attempting to generate new uses for half of those objects. As revealed by performance on a final cued-recall task, attempting to generate new uses caused participants to forget the studied uses. This thinking-induced forgetting effect was observed regardless of whether participants attempted to generate unusual uses or common uses, but failed to emerge when participants used the studied uses as hints to guide their generation of new uses. Additionally, the forgetting effect correlated with individual differences in creativity such that participants who exhibited more forgetting generated more creative uses than participants who exhibited less forgetting. These findings indicate that thinking can cause forgetting and that such forgetting may contribute to the ability to think creatively.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 133
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: EJ1049521
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