Creativity News
June 9, 2025
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May 8, 2025 — What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see of the creative act. The findings have implications for how we research and design creative AI systems, and they also raise fundamental ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — A groundbreaking study shows that creativity plays an essential role in academic success, suggesting that students who think outside the box are more likely to excel in literacy and numeracy ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — In the rapidly developing contest between human creativity and artificial intelligence algorithms, professional artists still have an edge in producing more creative AI-assisted artwork than the AI programs themselves or novice artists, according to ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers analyzed data from 857 patients across 36 fMRI brain imaging studies and mapped a common brain circuit for ...
July 12, 2024 — A new study finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the 'usefulness' of stories -- their ability to engage the target audience and potential for ...
July 15, 2024 — New results could ultimately help lead to interventions that spark creative thought or aid people who have mental illnesses that disrupt these regions of the ...
July 10, 2024 — New research indicates that babies can begin grasping complex language and ...
May 29, 2024 — While older drugs for epilepsy, taken while pregnant, have been shown in previous research to affect the creative thinking of children, a new study finds no effects on creativity for children born to those taking newer epilepsy ...
Mar. 4, 2024 — A new neuroimaging study reveals how the brain gets to the creative flow ...
Mar. 1, 2024 — In a recent study, 151 human participants were pitted against ChatGPT-4 in three tests designed to measure divergent thinking, which is considered to be an indicator of creative ...
Nov. 20, 2023 — Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) has propelled AI into the mainstream, raising concerns about job displacement and creative work. Experts now emphasize a need to focus on 'co-creativity,' the human-AI interaction instead. Extensive research is needed ...
Aug. 22, 2023 — Train elementary school students how to be creative and you can help increase their resilience in the face of real-life problems, new research ...
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Jan. 21, 2025 — A first-of-its-kind study shows that while teams with differing skill sets and perspectives bring fresh, unique ideas to the table, they often ...
July 6, 2023 — For those with creative minds, screen-free downtime can be fruitful and entertaining: Creative people use their idle time by letting one idea lead to ...
July 5, 2023 — New research suggests artificial intelligence can match the top 1% of human thinkers on a standard test for ...
Apr. 19, 2023 — Power often boosts an employee's creativity because being powerful liberates the individual from constraints, such as worrying that their ideas will be rejected. However, new research shows that ...
Apr. 4, 2023 — Bioinformaticians are focusing on the topic of creativity in research. They advocate teaching the importance of creative processes for the ...
Nov. 22, 2022 — Even people who tend to think conventionally, such as accountants or insurance adjusters, can be creative, a recent study suggests, if they can look at emotional situations in a different light. In a ...
Earlier Headlines
May 30, 2024 — Cultivating creativity in schools is vital for a future driven by artificial intelligence (AI). But while teachers embrace creativity as an essential 21st century skill, a lack of valid and reliable ...
Jan. 13, 2024 — New research concludes novel ideas tend to generate conflicting evaluations because people lack common points of reference from which to judge them. Such mixed reviews lead to negative perceptions ...
Dec. 19, 2023 — Air quality in the office may affect our level of creativity at work. Scientists found that high levels of volatile organic compounds -- gases released from products such as detergents, pesticides, ...
July 14, 2022 — New research has identified one reason why some first-time producers struggle to repeat their initial creative productions while others go on to continually produce creative ...