A Novel Coding Scheme for Assessing Responses in Divergent Thinking: An Embodied Approach

Heath E. Matheson, Yoed N. Kenett

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Abstract

In this study, we devised a novel coding scheme for responses generated in a divergent thinking (DT) task. Based on considerations from behavioral and neurocognitive research from an embodied perspective, our scheme aims to capture dimensions of simulations of action or the body. In an exploratory investigation, we applied our novel coding scheme to analyze responses from a previously published dataset of DT responses. We show that (a) these dimensions are reliably coded by naïve raters and that (b) individual differences in creativity influences the way in which different dimensions are used over time. Overall, our results provide new hypotheses about the generation of creative response in the DT task and should serve to characterize the cognitive strategies used in creative endeavors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)412-425
Number of pages14
JournalPsychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Psychological Association

Funding

We thank Paul Silvia, Emily Nusbaum, and Roger Beaty for sharing their data. We thank Sharon Thompson-Schill and members of her lab for helpful feedback on an earlier version of the article. This research was funded by a National Institutes of Health award to Sharon Thompson- Schill (R01 DC015359-02).

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of HealthR01 DC015359-02

    Keywords

    • Cognitive strategies
    • Creativity
    • Divergent thinking
    • Embodied cognition

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