Effects of positive affect and humor on divergent thinking

We replicated prior findings that a positive affect induction can improve creative performance (Baas et al., 2008) relative to a neutral control condition. We also tested whether humor improved creativity relative to both positive and neutral affect conditions. Participants were randomly assigned to...

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Main Authors: Sarah Lee, Jared B. Kenworthy, Paul B. Paulus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Creativity
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2713374522000206