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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Engineering Education

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  • Creative thinking is crucial for engineers, but the neurocognitive impact of social feedback on ideation remains unclear.
  • Previous research indicates social dynamics, like feedback from authority figures, can influence idea generation.
  • Understanding the brain mechanisms behind feedback's effect on creativity is essential for optimizing engineering innovation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms by which social feedback influences creative thinking in engineering students.
  • To examine the effects of supportive versus unsupportive feedback on idea originality, fluency, and electroencephalography (EEG) patterns.
  • To determine if feedback-induced changes in EEG alpha-band power correlate with enhanced creativity.

Main Methods:

  • Engineering students performed a creative ideation task while undergoing electroencephalography (EEG) recording.
  • Participants received either supportive or unsupportive critical feedback from a professor during the task.
  • EEG data, specifically alpha-band (8-12 Hz) and beta-band power, were analyzed in relation to feedback and creative output.

Main Results:

  • Following feedback (supportive or unsupportive), participants generated fewer ideas, but these ideas were more original.
  • EEG recordings showed increased alpha-band power across participants after receiving feedback, correlating with enhanced originality.
  • Decreased beta-band activity was observed before feedback exclusively in the unsupportive condition, potentially indicating cognitive stress.

Conclusions:

  • Social feedback, regardless of its valence, can enhance the originality of engineering students' ideas by modulating brain activity.
  • Increased alpha-band power appears to be a key neurocognitive mechanism driving the generation of fewer, more original ideas post-feedback.
  • Feedback may induce cognitive adjustments, including stress and focused attention, particularly in response to unsupportive criticism, influencing the creative process.