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Massimiliano Palmiero¹, Raffaella Nori², Laura Piccardi¹

¹Neuropsychology Unit, I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy; Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy.

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Summary

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Visual creativity, particularly the originality of inventions, is enhanced by a preference for using imagery, as measured by the Visualization-Verbalization Questionnaire (VVQ). This highlights the role of visualization strategies in creative object production.

Keywords:

Motor-planning Neuroimaging Spatial and Object Imagery Verbal processing

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Creativity Studies

Background:

Creativity is increasingly recognized as a vital skill and cognitive reserve, particularly relevant in aging populations and training programs.
Understanding the cognitive underpinnings of creativity, such as cognitive styles, is crucial for enhancing creative potential.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between visual creativity and the Visualization-Verbalization Questionnaire (VVQ) cognitive style.
To determine if a preference for imagery or verbal strategies influences the production of creative objects.

Main Methods:

Fifty college students participated in the study.
The Creative Synthesis Task was used to assess the ability to construct creative objects.
The Visualization-Verbalization Questionnaire (VVQ) measured the preferred cognitive strategy (imagery vs. verbal).

Main Results:

A higher VVQ score, indicating a preference for imagery, positively predicted the originality score of inventions.
The visualization strategy was specifically linked to the originality dimension of creative object production.
No significant relationship was found for other aspects of creative production.

Conclusions:

The visualization cognitive strategy plays a significant role in the originality of visual creative output.
Future research could explore how other strategies, including motor processes, impact visual creativity, potentially informed by neuroimaging findings.