School of Psychology, 8691University of Wollongong, Australia.
Perception. 2021 May;50(5):418-437. doi: 10.1177/03010066211000192. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
This study investigated the relationships between personality and creativity in the perception of two different ambiguous visual illusions. Previous research has suggested that and (as measured by the Big Five Aspects Scale) are both associated with individual differences in perceptual switching rates for binocular rivalry stimuli. Here, we examined whether these relationships generalise to the Necker Cube and the Spinning Dancer illusions. In the experimental phase of this study, participants viewed these ambiguous figures under both static and dynamic, as well as free-view and fixation, conditions. As predicted, perceptual switching rates were higher: (a) for the static Necker Cube than the Spinning Dancer, and (b) in free-view compared with fixation conditions. In the second phase of the study, personality type and divergent thinking were measured using the Big Five Aspects Scale and the Alternate Uses Task, respectively. Higher creativity/divergent thinking (as measured by the Alternate Uses Task) was found to predict greater switching rates for the static Necker Cube (but not the Spinning Dancer) under both free-view and fixation conditions. These findings suggest that there are differences in the perceptual processing of creative individuals.
本研究探讨了人格与两种不同的视觉歧义感知中的创造力之间的关系。先前的研究表明，和（通过大五人格方面量表测量）都与双眼竞争刺激的感知转换率的个体差异有关。在这里，我们研究了这些关系是否适用于内克尔立方体和旋转舞者错觉。在这项研究的实验阶段，参与者在静态和动态以及自由观看和固定条件下观看这些模糊的图形。正如预测的那样，感知转换率更高：（a）静态内克尔立方体比旋转舞者高，（b）在自由观看条件下比固定条件下高。在研究的第二阶段，使用大五人格方面量表和替代用途任务分别测量人格类型和发散思维。通过替代用途任务发现，较高的创造力/发散思维（通过替代用途任务测量）可以预测在自由观看和固定条件下静态内克尔立方体的转换率更高（但旋转舞者除外）。这些发现表明，在创造性个体的感知处理方面存在差异。
