Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Source monitoring in a generative task.

Joshua D Landau1, Danielle M Thomas, Sarah E Thelen

  • 1York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, USA. jlandau@ycp.edu

Memory (Hove, England)
|April 18, 2002
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Navigating Reentry in Later Life: Housing, Family Reunification, and the Reentry Challenges of Older Formerly Incarcerated Individuals.

Journal of aging & social policy·2025
Same author

Do We Really Need to Worry About Calcaneocuboid Subluxation During Lateral Column Lengthening for Planovalgus Foot Deformity?

Journal of pediatric orthopedics·2021
Same author

Effect of Lateral Column Lengthening on Subtalar Motion in a Cadaveric Model.

Foot & ankle international·2020
Same author

Visual perspective during remembering: ERP evidence of familiarity-based source monitoring.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2016
Same author

Evidence that women meeting physical activity guidelines do not sit less: an observational inclinometry study.

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity·2012
Same author

The illusion of fame: how the nonfamous become famous.

The American journal of psychology·2012

People often copy example features when creating new designs. However, enhancing source monitoring, which tracks information origins, reduces this conformity, while disrupting it increases copying. This study explores cognitive influences on creative conformity.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Creativity Studies
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Individuals often replicate features from provided examples when generating novel creations.
  • Source monitoring accuracy is a key factor influencing the degree of conformity to external examples.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how manipulations affecting source-monitoring accuracy influence conformity to experimenter-provided examples.
  • To understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying creative conformity.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted, manipulating factors influencing source-monitoring accuracy.
  • Cognitive agenda, time pressure, and example availability were varied across experiments.
  • Participants created novel space creatures after exposure to examples.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Conformity to example features decreased when source-monitoring processes were enhanced.
  • Conformity increased when source-monitoring processes were disrupted.
  • Findings align with the predictions of the source-monitoring framework.

Conclusions:

  • Source-monitoring processes play a critical role in modulating creative conformity.
  • Cognitive factors influencing memory accuracy directly impact the tendency to replicate external examples.