After controlling for children's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition make a significant contribution to creativity¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · checked against its sources 2026-10-19 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q3 i? Once the child's level of intelligence is controlled, only the executive functions of shifting and inhibition continue to significantly predict creativity in children. → Krumm 2018
Evidence¶
Krumm 2018¶
Krumm, Gabriela Liliana; Arán Filippetti, Vanessa; Gutierrez Saez, Marisel Luisa. (2018). The contribution of executive functions to creativity in children: What is the role of crystallized and fluid intelligence?. Thinking Skills and Creativity. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2018.07.006
q3 · i? · associational · r2
Correlational/regression analyses in a study of 209 children aged 8 to 13 administered measures of creativity, Gc, Gf and EFs. The article reports that "only shifting and inhibition continued to make a significant contribution to creativity" after intelligence was controlled; no effect size is printed.
"After controlling for the child's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition continued to make a significant contribution to creativity."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
- General Cognitive Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Creativity, crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence and executive functions are all correlated in children aged 8 to 13 — related
- Executive functions and intelligence play an important role in creative thinking, but the relationship in children had been under-studied — a broader claim this one bears on
- Creativity (divergent thinking ability) is predicted by both updating and inhibition, but not by shifting ability. — reports the opposite
- Executive functions substantially account for the latent intelligence–creativity correlation, leaving a reduced but still positive residual of r = .34. — related
- In children, shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence — related
- Updating ability strongly predicts fluid intelligence, while shifting and inhibition do not significantly predict it. — related
- Creative and conventional metaphors are anchored in different patterns of cognitive abilities — related
- Men scored higher than women on rated divergent thinking creativity in this sample, with no sex differences in fluid intelligence or the executive functions. — related
- The effect of crystallized intelligence on children's creativity is mediated by shifting — related
- Working memory and inhibition both contribute to spontaneous flexibility, whereas only inhibition contributes to reactive flexibility — related
- Children's age, general intelligence, and divergent thinking positively predicted tool innovation performance, while executive function measures predicted only ideal manipulation — related
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
shifting-inhibition-unique-creativity-contribution-children |
title |
After controlling for children's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition make a significant contribution to creativity |
description |
After controlling for children's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition make a significant contribution to creativity |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2018 |
source_checked |
2026-10-19 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — krumm-2018 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.