A Study of the Relationship Between Working Memory Capacity and Incubation In Creative Problem Solving Task

Enhancing creative problem-solving is increasingly important in a modern globalized society. Previous research has shown that creative problem-solving can be improved if the mind is allowed to wander during time set aside from solving a problem, known as the incubation period. However, some research also suggests that mind wandering leads to negative affect. Our study aims to clarify the effect of mind wandering during the incubation stage on both creative problem-solving and mood while controlling for the effect of working memory capacity. Fifty-two students (both undergraduate and graduates) completed a working memory task and repeated a creative problem-solving task at intervals before and after an incubation period. At the end of the incubation period, we measured participants’ frequency of mind wandering and their moods. Results showed that the group with the higher frequency of mind wandering showed the most improvement in one indicator of creativity, flexibility, although this finding was not significant after adjusting for the other four facets. Moreover, our findings indicate that as creativity improved, more negative affect was generated. Our results suggest that mind wandering during the incubation stage could be used to generate more diverse ideas but also suggest that there is a risk attached. Further research should explore how specific features of mind wandering might improve creativity without generating negative affect.

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The Relationship between Working Memory Capacity and Insight Problem Solving

Advances in Psychology ◽

10.12677/ap.2019.91007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 09 (01) ◽

pp. 51-56

Author(s):

俊楠李

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Working Memory Capacity ◽

Memory Capacity ◽

Insight Problem ◽

Insight Problem Solving ◽

The Relationship

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İNSAN KAYNAKLARI YÖNETİCİLERİNİN LİDERLİK TARZI, YARATICI PROBLEM ÇÖZME KAPASİTESİ VE KARİYER TATMİNİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLERİN ARAŞTIRILMASI: AMPİRİK BİR ÇALIŞMA

Business And Management Studies An International Journal ◽

10.15295/bmij.v4i3.5 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Hüseyin YILMAZ

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Human Resources ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Career Satisfaction ◽

Leadership Behavior ◽

Future Research ◽

Creative Problem Solving ◽

Democratic Leadership ◽

Creative Problem ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is the creative problem-solving capacity of the organization with leadership behaviors of human resources managers and employees to examine the relationship between career satisfaction and is tested empirically. Research within the scope of the required data structured questionnaire method, operating in the province of Aydin was obtained from 130 employees working in five star hotels. Democratic leadership style according to the factor analysis, easygoing, participants converter, and releasing autocratic leadership dimensions were determined. According to the analysis, the dependent variable with a significant level of research and positive leadership style has been determined that no relationships. Regression analysis revealed that the leadership of the relationship with the creative problem-solving capacity of democratic leadership in style when found to be stronger than other leadership styles, while the variable describing the career of the employee satisfaction level of the maximum it was concluded that the creative problem-solving capacity of the organization. Research in the context of human resources on the very important for organizations, leadership behavior, creative problem-solving capacity and career satisfaction studies analyzing the relationships between variables it seems to be quite limited. The discovery by analyzing the relationship between the aforementioned variables, can make significant contributions to knowledge in the literature and are expected to form the basis for future research.

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The visual arrays task…visual storage capacity or attention control?

10.31234/osf.io/u92cm ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jessie Martin ◽

Jason S. Tsukahara ◽

Christopher Draheim ◽

Zach Shipstead ◽

Cody Mashburn ◽

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Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Storage Capacity ◽

Working Memory Capacity ◽

Memory Capacity ◽

Attention Control ◽

Data Sets ◽

Independent Data ◽

Visual Storage ◽

Design Selection ◽

The Relationship

**The uploaded manuscript is still in preparation** In this study, we tested the relationship between visual arrays tasks and working memory capacity and attention control. Specifically, we tested whether task design (selection or non-selection demands) impacted the relationship between visual arrays measures and constructs of working memory capacity and attention control. Using analyses from 4 independent data sets we showed that the degree to which visual arrays measures rely on selection influences the degree to which they reflect domain-general attention control.

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Relationship of Speech Activity to Subjective Ratings and Performance during a Convergent Creative Problem Solving Task Involving Communication Among Three People

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction - HAI '19 ◽

10.1145/3349537.3352784 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Takashi Numata ◽

Sae Kondo ◽

Taichi Miyamae ◽

Hiroyuki Sekikawa ◽

Karen Sasagawa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Subjective Ratings ◽

Creative Problem Solving ◽

Speech Activity ◽

Creative Problem ◽

And Performance ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Problem Solving Task

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Individual differences in working memory capacity are unrelated to the magnitudes of retrocue benefits

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-86515-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Chaoxiong Ye ◽

Qianru Xu ◽

Xinyang Liu ◽

Piia Astikainen ◽

Yongjie Zhu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Significant Positive Correlation ◽

Working Memory Capacity ◽

Memory Capacity ◽

Capacity Measurement ◽

Object Based ◽

Feature Dimension ◽

The Relationship ◽

Internal Attention

AbstractPrevious studies have associated visual working memory (VWM) capacity with the use of internal attention. Retrocues, which direct internal attention to a particular object or feature dimension, can improve VWM performance (i.e., retrocue benefit, RCB). However, so far, no study has investigated the relationship between VWM capacity and the magnitudes of RCBs obtained from object-based and dimension-based retrocues. The present study explored individual differences in the magnitudes of object- and dimension-based RCBs and their relationships with VWM capacity. Participants completed a VWM capacity measurement, an object-based cue task, and a dimension-based cue task. We confirmed that both object- and dimension-based retrocues could improve VWM performance. We also found a significant positive correlation between the magnitudes of object- and dimension-based RCB indexes, suggesting a partly overlapping mechanism between the use of object- and dimension-based retrocues. However, our results provided no evidence for a correlation between VWM capacity and the magnitudes of the object- or dimension-based RCBs. Although inadequate attention control is usually assumed to be associated with VWM capacity, the results suggest that the internal attention mechanism for using retrocues in VWM retention is independent of VWM capacity.

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Working memory as a factor mediating explicit and implicit knowledge of English grammar

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1017/s0267190521000052 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Mirosław Pawlak ◽

Adriana Biedroń

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Short Term Memory ◽

Working Memory Capacity ◽

Memory Capacity ◽

Target Language ◽

Short Term ◽

Passive Voice ◽

English Grammar ◽

Explicit And Implicit Knowledge ◽

The Relationship

Abstract This paper reports the findings of a study that investigated the relationship between phonological short-term memory (PSTM), working memory capacity (WMC), and the level of mastery of L2 grammar. Grammatical mastery was operationalized as the ability to produce and comprehend English passive voice with reference to explicit and implicit (or highly automatized) knowledge. Correlational analysis showed that PSTM was related to implicit productive knowledge while WMC was linked to explicit productive knowledge. However, regression analysis showed that those relationships were weak and mediated by overall mastery of target language grammar, operationalized as final grades in a grammar course.

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