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Vividness of imagery and creativity
1University of Santiago de Compostela, Departamento Psicología Básica, Spain.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|December 1, 1993
Summary
Vividness of imagery showed a weak correlation with creativity across university students. This mental imagery trait explained only 2% of the variance in creative thinking, suggesting limited predictive power.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychology of Creativity
Background:
- Creativity is a complex cognitive function.
- Vividness of imagery, the clarity of mental representations, is often theorized to support creative processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between vividness of imagery and creativity.
- To identify which sensory modalities of imagery best predict creativity.
Main Methods:
- A sample of 1361 university students from diverse academic disciplines participated.
- Vividness of imagery was assessed, and its correlation with creativity was evaluated.
Main Results:
- A generally poor correlation was found between vividness of imagery and creativity.
- Vividness of imagery accounted for only approximately 2% of the total variance in creativity across all subjects.
Conclusions:
- The findings suggest that vividness of imagery has limited predictive power for creativity in this student sample.
- Further research is needed to explore other factors influencing the imagery-creativity link.