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 Concept Videos

The Influence of Affect on Cognition01:29

The Influence of Affect on Cognition

317
Positive affect significantly influences cognitive processes, including evaluation, memory, creativity, and social judgments. Compared to negative affect, positive emotional states promote more favorable interpretations of stimuli, cognitive flexibility, and heuristic processing. These effects highlight emotions' powerful role in shaping how individuals perceive, remember, and interact with the world.Influence on Evaluation and AttributionWhen individuals experience positive affect, they are...
317
Creative Thinking01:25

Creative Thinking

1.4K
Creative thinking encompasses innovative and unconventional methods for addressing challenges, often leading to groundbreaking solutions. Instead of focusing solely on enhancing existing systems, such as increasing smartphone battery capacity, creative thinking might inspire advancements like energy-efficient batteries or processors that minimize power consumption. This multidimensional approach underscores the importance of exploring novel pathways to innovation.
Divergent thinking is the...
1.4K
The Influence of Cognition on Affect01:29

The Influence of Cognition on Affect

249
Cognition plays a pivotal role in shaping emotional experiences, as demonstrated by Schachter and Singer’s two-factor theory of emotion. According to this model, emotion arises from a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation. The body’s physiological response to stimuli is ambiguous and only gains emotional significance through cognitive labeling. For instance, an increased heart rate and adrenaline surge while standing near an attractive person may be...
249
Stereotype Content Model02:16

Stereotype Content Model

15.5K
The Stereotype Content Model (SCM) was first proposed by Susan Fiske and her colleagues (Fiske, Cuddy, Glick & Xu, 2002; see also Fiske, 2012 and Fiske, 2017). The SCM specifies that when someone encounters a new group, they will stereotype them based on two metrics: warmth—or that group’s perceived intent, and how likely they are to provide help or inflict harm—and competence—or their ability to carry out that objective. Depending on the warmth-competence...
15.5K
Cognitive Theories: Schachter-Singer Theory of Emotion01:20

Cognitive Theories: Schachter-Singer Theory of Emotion

1.9K
Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer proposed the two-factor theory of emotion, which emphasizes the interplay between physiological arousal and cognitive labeling in forming emotional experiences. This theory suggests that emotions are not simply a result of physiological responses but rather a combination of these responses and the individual's cognitive interpretation of them.
Physiological Arousal and Cognitive Labeling
According to this theory, when an individual experiences...
1.9K
High-Level and Low-Level Awareness01:19

High-Level and Low-Level Awareness

799
Controlled processes in human consciousness represent high-alert mental states where individuals deliberately focus their attention on achieving specific goals. Controlled processes can be seen in situations like mastering new technology, where a person might become so absorbed that they ignore surrounding distractions. Such processes involve selective attention, requiring one to concentrate on particular elements of experience while disregarding others. These are governed by executive...
799

You might also read

Related Articles

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

Sort by
Same author

Cumulative trauma exposure and cardiac autonomic stress reactivity in healthy adults.

European journal of psychotraumatology·2026
Same author

Does true crime increase negative affect, or negative affect lead to true crime? A cross-lagged analysis on the dynamics of consuming frightening media.

BMC psychology·2026
Same author

A multi-omics approach to characterize a deep intronic ARID1A deletion in Coffin-Siris syndrome.

European journal of medical genetics·2026
Same author

Beyond 0.1 Hz: Distinct affective and cardiac responses to slow and super-slow-paced breathing.

Biological psychology·2026
Same author

Spontaneous HRV fluctuations are linked to functional changes in resting state brain activation in younger and older adults.

Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical·2026
Same author

Cognitive reappraisal training as an intervention in patients with functional movement disorders: a placebo-controlled EEG pilot study.

Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)·2026

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Feb 20, 2026

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on Cognition
16:08

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on Cognition

Published on: February 1, 2012

16.9K

Affective creativity meets classic creativity in the scanner.

Corinna M Perchtold1, Ilona Papousek1, Karl Koschutnig1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Human Brain Mapping
|October 24, 2017
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

This study explored brain activity during creative tasks involving emotions. Both tasks activated left prefrontal regions, but affective creativity uniquely engaged the default-mode network and right superior frontal gyrus.

Keywords:
cognitive reappraisalcreative ideationdivergent thinkingemotionfMRI

More Related Videos

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion
15:57

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion

Published on: May 4, 2011

17.3K
Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotional Autobiographical Recollection
11:30

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotional Autobiographical Recollection

Published on: August 26, 2011

10.4K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Feb 20, 2026

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on Cognition
16:08

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Impairing Effect of Emotion on Cognition

Published on: February 1, 2012

16.9K
Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion
15:57

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion

Published on: May 4, 2011

17.3K
Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotional Autobiographical Recollection
11:30

Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotional Autobiographical Recollection

Published on: August 26, 2011

10.4K

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Brain Imaging

Background:

  • Investigating the neurocognitive basis of real-life creative behavior is a significant challenge in creativity research.
  • Affective creativity, defined as generating alternative appraisals for emotional events, is a newly recognized cognitive ability.
  • Understanding the neural correlates of creativity in affective contexts is crucial for advancing the field.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate functional brain activity patterns using fMRI during creative tasks within an affective context.
  • To compare the neural underpinnings of affective creativity with classic divergent thinking tasks.
  • To elucidate the brain networks supporting real-life creative behavior, particularly in relation to emotion.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was employed to measure brain activity.
  • Participants engaged in two creativity tasks: generating alternative appraisals for anger-evoking events (affective creativity) and a classic divergent thinking task.
  • Individual differences in cognitive reappraisal and divergent thinking were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Both affective creativity and divergent thinking tasks showed significant activation in left prefrontal regions, associated with response inhibition, perspective-shifting, and memory retrieval.
  • Classic divergent thinking specifically activated a network including the left supramarginal, inferior temporal, and inferior frontal gyri.
  • Affective creativity uniquely recruited the right superior frontal gyrus and default-mode network hubs, implicated in social cognition and monitoring reappraisal success.

Conclusions:

  • The study advances understanding of how real-life creativity is rooted in the brain by integrating emotion into creativity research.
  • Shared cognitive processes, such as executive functions, underpin different forms of creativity.
  • Task-specific neural networks highlight distinct mechanisms for affective versus traditional creative ideation, with affective creativity involving emotion regulation and social cognition networks.