A meta-analysis assessed the behavioral impact of and psychological processes associated
with presenting words connected to an action or a goal representation. The average and …

Past meta-analyses of the effects of priming on overt behavior have not examined whether
the effects and processes of priming behavioral or nonbehavioral concepts (eg, priming …

The “be creative effect”—instructing people to “be creative” before a divergent thinking task
makes the responses more creative—is one of the oldest findings in creativity science. The …

Drawing on results from 32 published and 20 unpublished laboratory and field experiments,
we conducted an enumerative review of the primed goal effects on outcomes of …

Write It Up is for anyone writing an empirical article in APA Style®, from beginners facing
their first article to old dogs looking for new writing strategies. Your academic writing will be …

Executive approaches to creativity emphasize that generating creative ideas can be hard
and requires mental effort. Few studies, however, have examined effort-related physiological …

Research on goal priming asks whether the subtle activation of an achievement goal can
improve task performance. Studies in this domain employ a range of priming methods, such …

Informed by clinical case studies, scientific research, and relevant theories, Counseling for
Artists, Performers, and Other Creative Individuals takes an in-depth look at the ways …

This study explored spark—the process of igniting an idea. The purpose of this qualitative
study was to explore whether a process for the ignition of spark exists by exploring the …

Findings from four experiments validated the assumption that a relative change in
selfregulation is the more relevant causal factor for the activation of adaptive strategies …