Subjective negative emotions and objective cortisol responses do not consistently predict WM and creativity in game-based situations¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
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q3 i? The subjective negative emotions and objective cortisol responses do not consistently predict WM and creativity in game-based situations. → Yeh 2015

Evidence¶

Yeh 2015¶

Yeh, Y.-C.; Lai, G.-J.; Lin, C. F.; Lin, C.-W.; Sun, H.-C. (2015). How stress influences creativity in game-based situations: Analysis of stress hormones, negative emotions, and working memory. Computers and Education, v.81, pp. 143-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.09.011

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Behavioral experiment with 96 college students in a game-based situation. The abstract states that "the subjective negative emotions and objective cortisol responses do not consistently predict WM and creativity in game-based situations."

"the subjective negative emotions and objective cortisol responses do not consistently predict WM and creativity in game-based situations"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it

Appropriate challenges or stressors that increase cortisol concentration to an attentional level without provoking strong promotion-focused negative emotions should be considered when designing games aimed at teaching creativity — reports the opposite
Highly activated negative emotions will influence creativity during gaming — related
Highly activated negative emotions will influence WM during gaming — reports the opposite
Stress hormones will influence creativity during gaming — related
Stress hormones will influence WM during gaming — reports the opposite
Stress stimuli influence creativity during gaming through two routes: enhancing creativity via cortisol concentration and WM, and decreasing creativity via promotion-focused negative emotions — reports the opposite
Working memory has a positive effect on creativity during gaming — reports the opposite
Hormone-based stress monitoring showed no statistically significant changes in several reviewed studies despite being the second most used physiological method — related

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