ArticleCognition2021
Linking creativity and false memory: Common consequences of a flexible memory system.
Article in Cognition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Are Creative People More Susceptible to False Memory? Evidence for Age- and Task-Related Differences.Creativity research journal · 2026Article
- Examining memory specificity and generalization contributions to false recall in DRM paradigm.Research square · 2026Article
- Age-related changes in susceptibility to false memories in different tasks.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- Investigating age-related differences in semantic control mechanisms involved in creative cognition.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- Hippocampal-prefrontal orchestration supports higher-order learning for creative ideation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Are False Memory and Creative Thinking Mediated by Common Neural Substrates? An fMRI Meta-Analysis.Creativity research journal · 2025Article
- Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes.Memory & cognition · 2024Article
- Constructive episodic retrieval processes underlying memory distortion contribute to creative thinking and everyday problem solving.Memory & cognition · 2023Article
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Abstract
Episodic retrieval plays a functional-adaptive role in supporting divergent thinking, the ability to creatively combine different pieces of information. However, the same constructive memory process that provides a functional-adaptive benefit can also leave memory prone to error. In two experiments, we employed an individual differences approach to examine the relationship between different forms of creative thinking (divergent and convergent thinking) and false memory generation in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm. In Experiment 1, and replicating prior findings, false recognition was significantly predicted by convergent thinking performance. Critically, we also observed a novel predictive relationship between false recognition and quantitative metrics of divergent thinking performance. In Experiment 2, these findings were replicated and we further showed that false recall was predicted by quantitative metrics of divergent thinking. Our findings suggest that constructive memory processes link creative thinking with the production of memory errors.
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