Paul J. Silvia

TL;DR: In this article, a new approach to assessing divergent thinking and appraises its reliability and validity is presented, where participants complete a divergent-thinking task and then circle the two responses that they think are their most creative responses.

TL;DR: This research suggests that creative thought involves dynamic interactions of large-scale brain systems, with the most compelling finding being that the default and executive control networks tend to cooperate during creative cognition and artistic performance.

TL;DR: A review of the emerging body of work on the psychology of interest, with an emphasis on what contemporary emotion research has learned about the subject, can be found in this article, where the authors consider four central questions: Is interest like other emotions? What functions does interest serve? What makes something interesting? Is interest merely another label for happiness?

TL;DR: A whole-brain network associated with high-creative ability comprised of cortical hubs within default, salience, and executive systems—intrinsic functional networks that tend to work in opposition is identified, suggesting that highly creative people are characterized by the ability to simultaneously engage these large-scale brain networks.