Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100114
Tom Kortenbach , Yuan Yin , Milene Guerreiro Gonçalves , Rebecca Anne Price , Pan Wang
{"title":"The relation between humans and LLMs in the creative act","authors":"Tom Kortenbach , Yuan Yin , Milene Guerreiro Gonçalves , Rebecca Anne Price , Pan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100114","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100114","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Can Large Language Models (LLMs) be creative? Existing research into the creativity of LLMs frames the debate as if the construct of creativity is limited to our conception of human creativity and fails to articulate the opportunity for human and LLM creativity to co-exist and contribute to the creative act in different manners. The objective of this article is to provide a new viewpoint for reflecting on the capabilities of LLMs in the domain of creativity and to enable us to acknowledge the relative strengths and weaknesses of LLMs compared to humans. A framework is proposed that builds on existing creativity frameworks (4Ps, 5As, and 5Cs) and articulates four perspectives (Entity, Proposition, Process, and Environment) for exploring the relation between LLMs and (human) creativity. Within each perspective, empirical and theoretical research on the creativity of LLMs is positioned into a broader landscape of theoretical creativity literature from the fields of psychology, philosophy, design, and computational creativity. In the discussion section, a framework is proposed that highlights how LLMs should be regarded as complementary amplifiers of the human cognition in the domain of <em>natural language</em> instead of ‘on par’ in terms of nature and capacities. For researchers, the insights provide a theoretical foundation for designing empirical research. For practitioners in the creative domain, the article introduces the vocabulary to articulate how humans and LLMs relate in the creative act.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 100114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145738966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100117
Usawadee Srithong
{"title":"Expression of contemporary Thai and Indian artists in the perspective of feminism","authors":"Usawadee Srithong","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100117","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100117","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines how feminist thought and cultural space intersect in the creative practices of contemporary female artists from Thailand and India. Rooted in Buddhist and Brahmanical Hindu traditions, both countries’ sociopolitical and gender structures influence these artists. The study focuses on 20 female artists, aged 30 and above, with over ten years of exhibition experience from 1960 to 2020. Using biographical methodology and in-depth interviews, supplemented by exhibition analysis and media sources, it explores their lived experiences and socio religion and cultural contexts shaping their art. Findings show feminist perspectives, adapted regionally and culturally, are central to their work. Their art transforms contemporary practice into personal and political spaces, expressing female identities and critiquing gendered power. By foregrounding these practices, this study makes a substantive contribution to the field of creativity research, elucidating how cultural and gendered contexts shape creative expression and providing critical insights into Eastern paradigms of artistic innovation. Moreover, the research underscores the dual role of these artists’ work as both a reflection of and a challenge to complex cultural landscapes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 100117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145698165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100119
Ja-Young Hwang , Kim Hahn
{"title":"Depression, life satisfaction, and creative output","authors":"Ja-Young Hwang , Kim Hahn","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100119","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100119","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over 280 million people worldwide suffer from depression, with approximately 21 million individuals affected in the U.S. working-age population. In creative fields like fashion design, the ability to innovate is essential, and designers are expected to solve design problems effectively. Given the significant relationship between depression, life satisfaction, and work performance, this study aimed to explore how factors such as effort, challenges, personal expressiveness, harmonious passion, and the state of flow influence the creative processes of fashion designers. An online survey of 180 U.S. fashion designers evaluated their design processes, personal expressiveness, life satisfaction, depression, passion, and flow using validated scales. Participants rated their efforts and challenges in design, with all variables demonstrating strong reliability (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.80). The study revealed that higher life satisfaction enhances designers' engagement in iterative processes, flow, and personal expressiveness, while lower levels of depression improve overall design effectiveness. This research highlighted the crucial role that psychological factors, such as life satisfaction and depression, played in the creative design process. It emphasized the positive relationship between well-being and design engagement, thereby extending the existing literature on the benefits of artistic activities for mental health. The study also suggested some practical implications for educators and the fashion industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 100119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145841128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2026.100121
Flora Blanchette , Minh Duc Pham
{"title":"Relationships between creativity and abolitionist ideology","authors":"Flora Blanchette , Minh Duc Pham","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2026.100121","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2026.100121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The capacity to imagine creative solutions and new, non-carceral worlds and social systems is key to contemporary prison and police abolitionist movements. These movements often encounter challenges when encouraging people to consider alternatives to existing carceral systems (i.e., prisons and policing), as people feel threatened by the unknown. In the current studies, we consider whether creativity – and the generation of creative alternatives – could be key to increasing support for abolition. In Study 1 (<em>N</em> = 261), we examine associations between varying facets of creativity and endorsement of abolition in a nationally representative U.S. sample, finding that creative self-concept, but not convergent thinking, was positively associated with participants’ capacity to generate non-carceral responses to harms, more accessible cognitive alternatives to carceral systems, and abolitionist identity. In preregistered Study 2 (<em>N</em> = 381), we examined the effect of creativity primes on abolitionist outcomes. Creativity primes, relative to control primes, did not increase abolitionist ideology, accessibility of abolitionist cognitive alternatives, generation of non-carceral responses to harm, or abolitionist imagination. Study 2 replicated Study 1 associations between creative self-concept and abolitionist outcomes. We discuss findings in light of long-theorized links between creativity and abolitionist movements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 100121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146173430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100118
Keith J. Holyoak
{"title":"Human versus artificial creativity: A case study in poetry","authors":"Keith J. Holyoak","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100118","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100118","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Is human creativity distinct from the artificial variety exhibited by Large Language Models (LLMs)? I examine this question in the context of a case study (<em>N</em> = 1 poet and 1 poem) in which the writing of an original poem by a human is compared to the generation of a poem by an LLM given the same prompt that inspired the human poet. The writing process was extended over months for the human poet, drawing upon broad motivations and background knowledge coupled with emotional reactions to seemingly unrelated experiences and memories. In a few seconds, the LLM generated a reasonably coherent, thematically appropriate poem in systematic meter and rhyme. Two expert poets compared and contrasted the two versions (without being informed as to which was LLM-generated). Each expert reported that the human-authored poem uses formal complexity to convey a nuanced perspective on its theme, whereas the LLM-generated poem uses a simple conventional structure to express bland platitudes. Human creativity can be distinguished from the artificial variety by the nature of the underlying creative processes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 100118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-11-21DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100115
Victor Paskah Kalawat Lengkong , Olivia Syanne Nelwan , Regina Trifena Saerang , Silvya Lefina Mandey , Johan Reineer Tumiwa , Tamás Mizik , Adrián Szilárd Nagy
{"title":"Sources of creativity through happiness and role conflict","authors":"Victor Paskah Kalawat Lengkong , Olivia Syanne Nelwan , Regina Trifena Saerang , Silvya Lefina Mandey , Johan Reineer Tumiwa , Tamás Mizik , Adrián Szilárd Nagy","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Creativity is increasingly recognized as a critical capability that enables individuals and organizations to adapt and innovate in dynamic environments. Recent studies highlight that creativity does not emerge solely from cognitive abilities but is also shaped by affective states such as happiness and contextual factors like role conflict. Happiness, as a positive psychological state, broadens thinking and strengthens intrinsic motivation, thereby fostering innovative behavior. At the same time, role conflict traditionally seen as a stressor can, under certain conditions, stimulate reflection and drive unconventional solutions, serving as a potential source of creative insight. This research adopts a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach, following a structured process of identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion to synthesize findings from selected journal articles. The analysis integrates descriptive and thematic methods to explore how happiness and role conflict jointly influence sources of creativity. The results provide a clearer understanding of these interrelated factors and offer practical implications for organizations seeking to cultivate environments that support emotional well-being while leveraging role dynamics to stimulate creativity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"36 1","pages":"Article 100115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-09-17DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100111
Pauli Laine , Rebekah Rousi , Tiina Parviainen , Tuomo Kujala
{"title":"Converging creativity through semantic processing","authors":"Pauli Laine , Rebekah Rousi , Tiina Parviainen , Tuomo Kujala","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Creativity, the ability to engage in abstract thought, novel idea production and concept construction, along with artefacts transcending everyday experience, has long been recognized as a defining feature of human cognition. Creativity has typically been defined as the capacity to generate original, effective, and expressive output. The phenomenon has been examined via diverse theories and methodologies, from psychometric assessments to neurocognitive approaches. We review how semantic processing - the integration and convergence of meaning - has been explored as a mechanism underpinning creative cognition. Research has shown that semantic flexibility and associative richness aid in creative ideation. Recent studies in cognitive neuroscience show that semantic networks and brain regions implicated in memory and language support creative thinking. The paper highlights how converging semantic processes serve to bridge conceptualization and practical measurement. We examine the application of the N400 event-related potential (ERP) method as a neuroscientific measure of semantic integration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"35 3","pages":"Article 100111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100116
Kalaa Chenji, Sode Raghavendra
{"title":"Social media, mind wandering, and creativity: The Gen Z perspective","authors":"Kalaa Chenji, Sode Raghavendra","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100116","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100116","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study explored the effect of mind wandering on the creative capacities of Generation Z, particularly within the context of social media usage. As digital natives, associates of Generation Z are frequently visible to vast and often overwhelming digital content, which can induce cognitive overload and impair their creative output. The research examined how mind wandering frequently spurred by excessive social media engagement affects self-reported creativity. Further, it explored the moderating role of the cognitive closure between mind wandering and self-reported creativity. Focusing on the Indian Generation Z population, this study intended to bridge the gap in existing literature, which was largely based in the Western contexts. Results highlight that mind wandering has a notable effect on creativity, and this relationship is further shaped by an individual’s level of need for cognitive closure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"35 3","pages":"Article 100116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-08-07DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100106
Jeana M. Holt , Katelyn Siekman , Murad H. Taani , Margaret Fairbanks , Lilly Carrillo , Mark Fairbanks , Nathaniel Stern
{"title":"Empowering autistic creativity through art and technology","authors":"Jeana M. Holt , Katelyn Siekman , Murad H. Taani , Margaret Fairbanks , Lilly Carrillo , Mark Fairbanks , Nathaniel Stern","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The debate continues regarding the creative abilities of individuals with autism. While some argue that cognitive and social communication differences limit creativity, others highlight autistic success in creative fields. This study investigated the impact of a workshop integrating art, storytelling, and technology on the creative self-efficacy of autistic adolescents and young adults (AYAs). Using a convergent mixed-methods design, researchers collected quantitative data through surveys and qualitative data from participant presentations and digital artifacts. A linear mixed-effects model was used to evaluate changes in creative self-efficacy, and a thematic analysis explored qualitative insights. Twenty-four autistic AYAs participated. Although quantitative results were non-significant, qualitative findings revealed that participants saw themselves as creative and confidently expressed this through their work. Themes included <em>Artistic Exploration, Artistic Self-Discovery</em>, and <em>Many Ways to Celebrate Creative Works</em>. Participants consistently demonstrated creative capacity and enjoyment. These findings affirm that autistic individuals possess and value creativity. Future research should investigate whether the creative confidence and self-discovery reflected in participants’ narratives lead to sustained artistic engagement. Insights could inform the development of strengths-based interventions that foster creative curiosity, support identity formation, develop employable skills, and promote lifelong learning for autistic individuals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"35 3","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144865206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of CreativityPub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-08-23DOI: 10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100109
Eleanor R. Palser , Belinda Y. Zhang , Jiwoo Han , Alexis I. Martinez-Arroyo , Amanda K. Gerenza , Christa Watson-Pereira , Zachary A. Miller , Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini , Virginia E. Sturm
{"title":"Awe proneness links RSA and trait creativity in dyslexia","authors":"Eleanor R. Palser , Belinda Y. Zhang , Jiwoo Han , Alexis I. Martinez-Arroyo , Amanda K. Gerenza , Christa Watson-Pereira , Zachary A. Miller , Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini , Virginia E. Sturm","doi":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yjoc.2025.100109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The parasympathetic nervous system promotes positive emotions, such as awe, that foster creativity. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia, a parasympathetic measure of heart rate variability, is elevated in children with dyslexia, but whether this enhancement is associated with greater trait-level creativity and higher awe proneness is unknown. Here, we measured resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia in 70 children with dyslexia (ages 7 – 16), and parents later reported on the children’s trait creativity and tendency to experience positive emotions (mean interval between measures = 1.5 years). Results indicated that higher resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia was associated with greater trait creativity as well as a greater proclivity for awe and amusement. A greater proclivity for awe and amusement was also related to greater creativity. Mediation analyses confirmed that awe, but not amusement, fully mediated the relationship between resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia and creativity. These findings suggest that elevated parasympathetic nervous system activity in children with dyslexia may relate to greater trait creativity via awe, an emotion that fosters a sense of wonder about the world. By expanding current knowledge of the physiological and emotional foundations of creativity in dyslexia, this study may inspire new interventions that leverage awe to help children with learning differences think in original ways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100769,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Creativity","volume":"35 3","pages":"Article 100109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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