Cui Can, Yuan Yuan, Jiang Yingjie
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221004, China.
School of Psychology, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130024, Jilin, China.
Behav Brain Funct. 2024 Dec 28;20(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s12993-024-00264-9.
Reward cues have long been considered to enhance creative performance; however, little is known about whether rewards can affect creative problem solving by manipulating states of flexibility and persistence. This study sought to elucidate the differential impacts of real versus hypothetical rewards on the creative process utilizing the Chinese compound remote association task. Behavioral analysis revealed a significantly enhanced solution rate and response times in scenarios involving real rewards, in contrast to those observed with hypothetical rewards. Electrophysiological findings indicated that hypothetical rewards led to more positive P200-600 amplitudes, in stark contrast to the amplitudes observed in the context of real rewards. These findings indicate a positive impact of real rewards on creative remote associations and contribute new insights into the relationship between rewards and creative problem solving, highlighting the crucial role of persistence/flexibility in the formation of creativity.
长期以来，奖励线索一直被认为能提高创造性表现；然而，对于奖励是否能通过操纵灵活性和坚持性状态来影响创造性问题解决，人们知之甚少。本研究旨在利用中文复合远距离联想任务，阐明真实奖励与虚拟奖励对创造性过程的不同影响。行为分析显示，与虚拟奖励的情况相比，在涉及真实奖励的情景中，解决率和反应时间显著提高。电生理学研究结果表明，虚拟奖励导致更积极的P200 - 600振幅，这与真实奖励情况下观察到的振幅形成鲜明对比。这些发现表明真实奖励对创造性远距离联想有积极影响，并为奖励与创造性问题解决之间的关系提供了新的见解，突出了坚持性/灵活性在创造力形成中的关键作用。
