Although research demonstrated that people can mentally manipulate and synthesize visual elements into a creative object, the role that vividness of visual imagery plays on creative imagery is still unclear. This study explored the relationships between vividness of visual imagery and 3 dimensions of creative imagery: originality, practicality, and mental spatial transformations of visual elements. Fifty-three participants performed the creative mental synthesis task and completed the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ). Results revealed a positive relationship between vividness and the practicality dimension of objects. No relationship was found either between vividness and originality or between vividness and transformational complexity. The association vividness-practicality seems to reflect the ability to use pictorial information of imagery when people generate functional objects that belong to specific categories. Future research directions are discussed. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

The Role of Vividness of Visual Mental Imagery on Different Dimensions of Creativity / Massimiliano, Palmiero; Valentina, Cardi; Olivetti, Marta. - In: CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL. - ISSN 1040-0419. - 23:4(2011), pp. 372-375. [10.1080/10400419.2011.621857]

The Role of Vividness of Visual Mental Imagery on Different Dimensions of Creativity

OLIVETTI, Marta
2011

Abstract

Although research demonstrated that people can mentally manipulate and synthesize visual elements into a creative object, the role that vividness of visual imagery plays on creative imagery is still unclear. This study explored the relationships between vividness of visual imagery and 3 dimensions of creative imagery: originality, practicality, and mental spatial transformations of visual elements. Fifty-three participants performed the creative mental synthesis task and completed the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ). Results revealed a positive relationship between vividness and the practicality dimension of objects. No relationship was found either between vividness and originality or between vividness and transformational complexity. The association vividness-practicality seems to reflect the ability to use pictorial information of imagery when people generate functional objects that belong to specific categories. Future research directions are discussed. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
2011
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The Role of Vividness of Visual Mental Imagery on Different Dimensions of Creativity / Massimiliano, Palmiero; Valentina, Cardi; Olivetti, Marta. - In: CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL. - ISSN 1040-0419. - 23:4(2011), pp. 372-375. [10.1080/10400419.2011.621857]
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