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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Creativity Research

Background:

  • Curiosity and creativity are conceptually linked but empirical evidence, often relying on self-reports, is limited.
  • Previous research has not strongly established a behavioral link between curiosity and creative performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between behaviorally manifested curiosity and creative performance.
  • To utilize a novel lab-based Curiosity Q&A task to assess autonomous inquiry and exploration.

Main Methods:

  • A preregistered study with 179 participants using a Curiosity Q&A task.
  • Assessed novelty of generated questions and information-seeking behavior ('gap-related information foraging').
  • Correlated these measures with performance on divergent (Alternative Uses Task) and convergent (Remote Associates Task, Analogy Completion) thinking tasks.

Main Results:

  • Novelty of questions positively correlated with divergent creative thinking (originality).
  • Information foraging positively correlated with convergent creative thinking.
  • Trait curiosity related to exploration ('interest-type') correlated with question asking and creative performance, unlike 'deprivation-type' curiosity.

Conclusions:

  • Behaviorally measured curiosity, especially exploration and novelty-seeking, is associated with creative performance.
  • Findings highlight the importance of interventions promoting both creative thinking and autonomous inquiry.