Working memory has a positive effect on creativity during gaming¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? WM will have positive effects on creativity during gaming. → 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
q3 · i? · causal · r2
The article proposes that "WM will have positive effects on creativity during gaming" as its first hypothesis, grounded in the creative cognition approach and the role of WM in creative processes.
"Hypothesis 1: WM will have positive effects on creativity during gaming"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Highly activated negative emotions will influence creativity during gaming — related
- Highly activated negative emotions will influence WM during gaming — related
- Stress stimuli influence creativity during gaming through two routes: enhancing creativity via cortisol concentration and WM, and decreasing creativity via promotion-focused negative emotions — related
- Subjective negative emotions and objective cortisol responses do not consistently predict WM and creativity in game-based situations — reports the opposite
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