Incubation of creative performance and specific associative priming.
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Priming with related words and manually writing responses can enhance performance on RATs.
“Research has shown that priming with related words and manually writing responses can enhance performance on RATsstrategies a coach might use for guidance [13,43].”
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“Research has shown that priming with related words and manually writing responses can enhance performance on RATs— strategies a coach might use for guidance [13, 43].”
- Authors
- Mednick, M. T., Mednick, S. A., & Mednick, E. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1964-07
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 84-88
- ISSN
- 0096-851X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1974878808
- Cited by
- 164
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 2.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- creative performance, incubation, associative priming, creative thinking, problem solving
- MeSH terms
- Creativity, Humans, Problem Solving
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