Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2008
Capstone Advisor
Paul Verhaeghen
Honors Reader
Alecia Santuzzi
Capstone Major
Psychology
Capstone College
Arts and Science
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
Cognition and Perception | Cognitive Psychology | Psychology
Abstract
In recent decades, Psychology has advance empirical studies of creativity, aiming for a better and more concrete understanding of this elusive topic. One branch of these studies investigates creativity’s physiological manifestation in an attempt to isolate underlying neurophysiologic mechanisms involved in creative thinking. These studies, through EEG recording of electrical brain activity, indicated that highly creative individuals tend to express a low arousal state as compared to less creative individuals. This experiment investigates the relationship between induced low arousal and creativity. A computer-based biofeedback game is used to induce low arousal. A multivariate analysis of our data revealed no significant change on the Torrance Test of Creativity (TTCT) score as a result of the intervention. There are evident trends, but they fall short of statistical significance. As advocated by previous research, our study also shows that intelligence as measured by the Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) does not correlate with creativity performances.
Recommended Citation
Li, Qin, "The Effect of Computer-based Biofeedback on Creativity" (2008). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 542.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/542
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