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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Stress and threats are known to affect cognitive functions and performance.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic presented a significant global stressor, potentially impacting mental processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of pandemic-related thoughts on creative (insight problem solving) and analytical thinking.
  • To test pre-registered hypotheses regarding cognitive performance changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Main Methods:

  • A preregistered online experiment involving 446 participants.
  • Assessment of creative and analytical thinking abilities.
  • Exploratory analyses to identify unpredicted outcomes.

Main Results:

  • No significant decrease in insight problem solving or change in analytical thinking was observed as initially hypothesized.
  • Exploratory findings indicated that both creative and analytical thinking were impaired, specifically in male participants.
  • The impact of pandemic thoughts on cognition in men was indirect, mediated by careless task completion.

Conclusions:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic's cognitive effects may be gender-specific, with men experiencing impairments in creative and analytical thinking.
  • Careless task completion emerged as a potential mechanism linking pandemic stress to cognitive deficits in men.
  • Further research is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms and implications of these gender-differentiated cognitive responses.