Connections between abstract concepts in idle thoughts, creativity, and curiosity
Abstract has been published by U of A 2024 UROC Abstract Review, page 109, and 2024 UNM McNair Scholars Research Conference Poster Abstract Print Session 1 pages 12-13.
Presentation
Jessica Andrews-Hanna, PhD; Quentin Raffaelli, PhD; Teodora Stoica, PhD; Mariam Hovhannisyan, BS; Brennan Lee Mulligan, BFA; Kirsten Limesand, PhD, Dean of the Graduate College; Frans Tax, PhD, Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Diversity & Inclusion; Donna Treloar, MA, UROC Director; Tianna Urrea MacMeans, UROC Coordinator; Jennifer Batchelder, PhD, ASEMS Director and PI; Nura Dualeh, MA, ASEMS STARS founder; Leah Callovini, MS, ASEMS STARS Program Manager; Melinda Willett Struyk, MA, ABD; Lidia Azurdia Sierra, MPH
Acknowledgements
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Mumford, M. D., & McIntosh, T. (2017). Creative Thinking Processes: The Past and the Future. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 51(4), 317–322. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.197
Palmiero, M. (2020). The relationships between abstraction and creativity. In D. D. Preiss, D. Cosmelli, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Creativity and Mind Wandering (pp. 73–90). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-816400-6.00004-3
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Raffaelli, Q., Mills, C., de Stefano, N.-A., Mehl, M. R., Chambers, K., Fitzgerald, S. A., Wilcox, R., Christoff, K., Andrews, E. S., Grilli, M. D., O’Connor, M.-F., & Andrews-Hanna, J. R. (2021). The think aloud paradigm reveals differences in the content, dynamics and conceptual scope of resting state thought in trait brooding. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98138-x
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Zedelius, C. M., Protzko, J., Broadway, J. M., & Schooler, J. W. (2020). What types of daydreaming predict creativity? Laboratory and experience sampling evidence. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 15(4). APA PsycArticles. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000342