Aesthetic emotions are defined as emotions arising when a person evaluates a stimulus for
its aesthetic appeal. Whether these emotions are unique to aesthetic activities is debated …

Imaginary worlds are present and often central in many of the most culturally successful
modern narrative fictions, be it in novels (eg, Harry Potter), movies (eg, Star Wars), video …

Aesthetic preference is intricately linked to learning and creativity. Previous studies have
largely examined the perception of novelty in terms of pleasantness and the generation of …

The standard psychometric approach to studying creativity uses divergent thinking (DT)
tests, where participants are typically asked to generate multiple responses to open-ended …

Creativity has been well studied over the past several decades. However, our understanding
regarding the nature of creativity remains limited, partially due to all kinds of methodological …

Measuring a variety of human characteristics in large databases has been invaluable for
applied (eg, epidemiology) and basic research (eg, brain imaging). The sheer volume of …

Creative thinking plays a crucial role in guiding artistic creation. However, Traditional
Creative Thinking (TCT) currently lacks scientific and actionable frameworks for artistic …

Objective: Scholars have recently observed a significant advancement in musical creativity
(MC). This assessment represents a change in comprehending and interacting with musical …

Creativity is divided into two levels: cognition and affect. Existing brain neuroimaging
research has analyzed the cognitive processes involved in creative products. Thus, the …

Idiographic personality networks are gaining popularity for modeling individual differences,
but their validity requires stability, which seems contradicted by theory and empirics. This …