Incubation optimizes the promoting effects of rewards on creativity

Ze Zhang; Weitao Zhang; Xiaofei Wu; Tengteng Tan; Jing Luo

doi:10.1002/pchj.251

Incubation optimizes the promoting effects of rewards on creativity

Psych J. 2019 Jun;8(2):271-272. doi: 10.1002/pchj.251. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

Authors

Ze Zhang¹, Weitao Zhang¹, Xiaofei Wu¹, Tengteng Tan¹, Jing Luo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Collaborative Innovation Center for Capital Education Development, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
² Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

PMID: 30408842
DOI: 10.1002/pchj.251

Abstract

We tested the incubation effect on promoting problem-solving insight in a "test-incubation-retest" procedure in different groups receiving a reward notification (RN) before or after the incubation phase, or no RN. Only RN given before incubation significantly promoted creative performance, implying that incubation may help optimize the promoting effects of reward on creativity.

Keywords: creativity; incubation; reward.

MeSH terms

Adult
China
Creativity*
Female
Humans
Male
Problem Solving*
Psychological Theory
Reward*
Young Adult

Abstract

MeSH terms

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