
Understanding the Relationship between Self-esteem and Motor Creativity in Ecological PE Contexts at Adolescence
Creative motor abilities (e.g. sports, dance) is highly related to self-esteem. Low self-esteem levels are strongly linked to weaker motor creativity performances: & strong self-esteem levels relate to increased motor creativity.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Movement
Physical Education Theory and Methodology
T. Frachey, A. Oboeuf & L. Collard
February 27, 2026
Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing
Organization are looking for ways to detect writing produced using AI, pushing scholars to flatten their writing to avoid claims it is generated by artificial intelligence.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Writing
nature human behaviour
Bo Hu
February 26, 2026
The intricate brain–heart connection: The relationship between heart rate variability and cognitive functioning
Higher Vagal-mediated heart rate variability is associated with enhanced cognitive performance across multiple domains, such as executive functions, memory, attention & language skills.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #HRV
Neuroscience
G. Forte & M. Casagrande
February 25, 2026
The impact of room shape on affective states, heartrate, and creative output
The geometry of curved rooms has a positive influence on mood, arousal & creativity emphasizing the importance of considering room layout & design in various settings, such as studios, workplaces & educational environments.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Curves
Helyion
K. Strachan-Regan & O. Baumann
February 23, 2026
School bullying predicts malevolent creativity in middle school students through anger and hostile attribution bias
School bullying is a risk factor for the growth of malevolent creativity, with anger & hostile attribution bias playing crucial roles.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Bullying
Nature Scientific Reports
W. Huang, et al.
February 20, 2026
When the creative well dries up–burnout syndrome and art block in artists’ sample
Individuals with maladaptive perfectionistic tendencies are prone to developing art block, & associated with self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, refocusing & reappraisal with a strong correlation between art block & burnout.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Perfectionism
Thinking Skills and Creativity
K. Głaziewicz & K. Golonka
February 19, 2026
How does playfulness (re)frame the world? Evidence for selective cognitive and behavioral redirecting in times of adversity
Playfulness functions as a spotlight, with selective influence through creatively imagining & pursuing positive possibilities to cultivate adaptive, enjoyable experiences while maintaining a clear-eyed realism about challenges.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Playfulness
Frontiers in Psychology
X. Shen & Z. Crawley
February 18, 2026
Fostering creativity through interactive digital narratives: a multidimensional learning framework for animation education
Shifting from linear to interaction-driven storytelling (AR) encourages the construction of non-linear story structures, fostering creativity through multimodal discourse.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Narrative
Interactive Learning Environments
Wenchang Lin
February 17, 2026
Is imagination your superpower? The interactive role of curiosity and imagination in fostering psychological capital
There is a strong connection between psychological capital, curiosity & imagination. Psychological capital enables people to navigate challenges, achieve goals, perform optimally, & experience enhanced well-being.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Curiosity
Thinking Skills and Creativity
Chen, Chang & Kao
February 16, 2026
A large-scale comparison of divergent creativity in humans and large language models
Humans tend to defer to ideas procured by AI & so end up exploring fewer avenues for possible solutions. When collaborating with bots, people should ask not what to think, but how to think/perform better.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #AI
Wang, D., Huang, D., Shen, H & Uzzi, B.
February 13, 2026
Research on the Impact of Lighting Illuminance and Color on Creative Performance and Mood
Low illuminance helps to stimulate innovation. Further, compared to white lighting, colored lighting (especially blue & orange) offers significant advantages in enhancing positive affect & stimulating creativity.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #LightingResearch on the Impact of Lighting Illuminance and Color on Creative Performance and Mood
Buildings
Zhou, B., et al.
February 12, 2026
Exploring the Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Creativity in University Students: Gender Differences and the Assessment of Skills
There is a meaningful relationship between these critical thinking & creativity, with females scoring higher in both the constructs compared to males.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #CriticalThinking
Education Sciences
Shaber, N., Shah, S. K., Imran, M., & Almusharraf, N.
February 11, 2026
Generating, evaluating, endorsing, and implementing malevolent creativity: a malevolent idea journey
The generation of malevolent ideas is a fundamental stage of malevolent creativity, but merely a springboard for a complex cascade of collateral cognitive, motivational & emotional processes.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Malevolence
Frontiers in psychology
C. Perchtold-Stefan, E. Rietzschel, M. Baas
February 10, 2026
Creative experiences and brain clocks
The higher the level of expertise & performance, the greater the delay in brain age. Age-vulnerable brain hubs more connectivity linked to creativity, particularly in areas related to expertise & creative experiences.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Age
nature communications
Carlos Coronel-Oliveros, et al.,
February 09, 1926
The role of goal orientation, collaboration, and stress in shaping scientific creativity
The higher the level of expertise & performance, the greater the delay in brain age. Age-vulnerable brain hubs more connectivity linked to creativity, particularly in areas related to expertise & creative experiences.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Age
Nature Communications
Coronel-Oliveros, et. al.
February 6, 2026
The role of goal orientation, collaboration, and stress in shaping scientific creativity
Learning & performance goals enhance scientific creativity through knowledge collaboration. Stressors modulates the relationship - stronger perceptions of the stressors intensify positive effects of learning & performance goals on creativity.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Goals
Scientific Reports
L. Chang, C. Zhang & H. Zhang
February 05, 2026
Less “awe”-some art: How AI diminishes the empathic power of the arts
Although art is often an effective conduit for fostering empathy, AI-generated art currently appears to lack the capacity to inspire awe in the same way as human-created art, diminishing its ability to cultivate empathy.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Empathy
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
M. W. White & R. Ponce de Leon
February 4, 2026
Navigating the Paradox of Creativity: Pathways to Fostering Talent and Innovation
Creativity can be conceptualized with 3 interdependent dimensions: novelty with usefulness, persistence alongside flexibility & divergence in convergence, illuminating its cognitive architecture & neurophysiological dynamics.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Pathway
Behavioral Sciences
Huang, et al.
February 3, 2026
The cost of ‘being strong’: Exploring the relationship between emotional suppression and wellbeing.
There is a significant negative association between emotional wellbeing and suppression, especially around chronic health conditions, and cultural and gendered norms.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Suppression
Journal of Happiness and Health
Levasseur, M., Daoudi-Simison, S., & Stevenson-Young, L.
February 2, 2026
Exploring the Relationship Between Creativity and Organisational Resilience in Service Organisations
Creativity within organizations is related to resilience via human interactions, particularly the dimensions of social relationships, psychological well-being, relationships quality, mutual trust & employee-management collaboration.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Resilience
Administrative Sciences
B. Paulikienė, L. Šimanskienė & J. Paužuolienė
January 29, 2026
Relationship Between Creativity and Depression: The Role of Reappraisal and Ruminatio
Creativity & depression are only weakly associated. The overall relation between creativity & depression appears to be related to the emotional regulation strategy of self-reflective rumination, not reappraisal frequency.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Depression
Collabra: Psychology
C. Y. Lam & J. A. Saunders
January 28, 2026
Unveiling the Link between Curiosity Traits and Work Creativity
Curiosity traits can enhance creativity, with work engagement & intrinsic motivation as mediating factors; while job complexity moderates the impact of curiosity traits on work engagement & intrinsic motivation.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Complexity
Sage Open
Booker Xu & Kuen-Hung Tsai
January 27, 2026
The aesthetic lens: embracing complexity through art in medicine and science
Art & Science are intrinsically linked. The aesthetic experience of shapes, colors & sensations impacts how we understand, interpret & approach the world & shapes holistic, creative & insightful medical professionals & researchers.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Collaboration
Frontiers in Education
Andrade, Araújo-Pereira & Nakaya
January 26, 2026
Practical rationales for art-science in science communication
Three strong reasons for implementing Arts + Sciences: 1-to make science more accessible, 2-to engage a broader audience & 3- to generate new knowledge only attainable through art-science collaborations.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Collaboration
International Journal of Science Education
M. Achiam, et al.
January 23, 2026
Executive Functioning as Mediator in the Longitudinal Relationship Between Media Multitasking and Divergent Thinking in Adolescents
Media multitasking reduces attention, concentration, inhibitory control & working memory, which then limit divergent thinking & mind-wandering. Heavy media multitasking has a greater negative impact on divergent thinking.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Media
Psych J.
S. Shan
January 22, 2026
The construction of everyday creative identity
Everyday creative identity from contextual creative affordances (ie - time, space, tools & materials, self-representation & social networks) appear to shape creators as much as the creators shape them.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #EverydayCreativity
Journal of Creativity
M. K. Culpepper & D. Gauntlett
January 21, 2025
REM, not incubation, improves creativity by priming associative networks
Compared with quiet rest & non-REM sleep, REM enhances the integration of unassociated information for creative problem solving, a process possibly facilitated by cholinergic & noradrenergic neuromodulation during REM sleep.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #REM
PNAS
D. J. Cai, et al.
January 19, 2025
Subcortical neural basis of malevolent creativity
Malevolent creativity involves generating original ideas to harm others, relying on cognitive flexibility. It may also be related to the activities of emotional & motivational brain regions known as the subcortical regions.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Malevolent
iScience
Z. Gao, X, Liu, J. Teng & N. Hao
January 16, 2025
The intricate brain–heart connection: The relationship between heart rate variability and cognitive functioning
People with higher resting vagal tone show superior cognitive performance in tasks requiring cognitive control, motor and cognitive inhibition, cognitive flexibility & working memory in comparison to those with lower resting vagal tone.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #HRV
Neuroscience
G. Forte & M. Casagrande
January 15, 2025
Transdisciplinary theory of creative intuition
Creative intuition is a trainable metacognitive skill that enables access to patterns of information linked to a global consciousness, under the influence of either conscious or unconscious intention emitted by the individual.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Intuition
Journal of Creativity
M. Gómez-de-Gispert & J. P. Andrés a
January 13, 2025
From Inner Sensations to Creative Innovations: Uncovering the Links Between Interoceptive Sensitivity and Creative Traits
Interoceptive sensitivity, the subjective ability to perceive internal bodily sensations, has a strong and positive correlation with inspiration & idea implementation. Alexithymia has negative correlations with most creative traits.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Interoception
Creativity Research Journal
F. Torno Jimenez, C. Di B., Luft & J. Bhattachary
January 12, 2025
The impact of brain science literacy on creative thinking: a meta-analytic study
Brain science literacy fosters neuroplasticity & enhances creative thinking, with varying effects across developmental stages & creative components.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #BrainScience
Frontiers in Education
Q. Peng, Y. Ma, L. Zhang & R. Zhou
January 9, 2025
Mapping the brain networks underlying creativity enhancement via aesthetic experience
Dopamine released in response to aesthetic pleasure increases cognitive flexibility & task persistence during generation & evaluation stages. In the expression stage, it maintains high creative motivation, driving creative implementation & emotional resonance.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Dopamine
European Journal of Medical Research
H. Chao, L. Chenzhi & K Ding
January 8, 2025
Rethinking literary creativity in the digital age: a comparative study of human versus AI playwriting
AI is capable of creative literary products (ie plays), though it is not as masterful as those produced by creative humans, who score higher on originality, fluency, flexibility & effectiveness.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #AI
Nature
Elias, S., Alshammari, B.S., Alfraidi, K.N. & Karam, K. M.
January 7, 2026
Sources of creativity through happiness and role conflict
When happiness is present, individuals are more willing to explore unconventional paths, tolerate uncertainty & reinterpret their roles in innovative ways thus catalyzing a type of creative disruption that is meaningful & sustainable.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Happiness
Journal of Creativity
V. P. K. Lengkong, et al
January 6, 2025
Natural beauty and human potential: Examining aesthetic, cognitive, and emotional states in natural, biophilic, and control environments
Nature enhances aesthetic appreciation, creativity, executive functioning & mood. Natural environments enhance divergent thinking & aesthetic experiences of coherence, fascination & hominess.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Nature
Journal of Environmental Psychology
D. Holzman, et al.
December 19, 2025
Multisensory perception and action in painting: science, creativity, and technology
Unlike technique, creativity is a cognitive ability developed through observing the world, learning, personal reflection, & social interaction. An artist, therefore, must be skilled in both technique and creativity.
#Science #Art #RelationalSpace #Technique
Frontiers in Psychology
M. Gori & G. Sandini
December 18, 2025






































