The “standard” definition of creativity as novel and useful describes creative products, but
creativity is constituted by processes. This misalignment contributes to the oft-noted …

Who should evaluate the originality and task-appropriateness of a given idea has been a
perennial debate among psychologists of creativity. Here, we argue that the most relevant …

This paper reflects on the meaning of chance and the impact that the occurrence of
'accidents' have in the creative process. I draw insights from two main sources: material …

This article challenges the traditional view of progress as a linear trajectory from ignorance
to knowledge, arguing that creative cognition involves an extended and dynamic system of …

An affordance perspective highlights how resourceful the ecology is for creative actions of all
sorts; it captures how creativity is grounded in materiality. In contrast to “canonical …

This study reports findings across four preregistered experiments (total N= 856) that
establish the multidimensional nature of impasse and resolve two paradoxes implicit in the …

This chapter examines the overlaps between creativity and serendipity, particularly in their
instability and reliance on extended networks. It offers the argument that for serendipity to be …

This paper, drawing on research from the 'HANDMADE-Understanding Creative Gesture in
Pottery Making'project (sponsored by the ERC), will attempt to show how a focus on the …

Abstract Miguel Pina e Cunha and Marco Berti understand serendipity as a process that
requires the right combination of effortand luck. In this chapter, they suggest that …

Research on insight problem solving sets itself a challenging goal: How to explain the origin
of a new idea. It compounds the difficulty of this challenge by traditionally seeking to explain …