Subjects: Psychology >> Developmental Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Psychological Measurement submitted time 2022-11-20
Abstract：
The development of natural language processing has offered reliable and valid research methods for exploring the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking. There are more and more studies in this direction in recent years. However, the research findings are inconsistent in this direction. Based on the Associative Theory of Creativity and the Spreading#2;Activation Model, the present study investigated the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking by using a meta-analysis method. The reasons for the inconsistency of previous studies in this line of research were also analyzed. The current research involved 14 studies and extracted 53 effect sizes from 4729 subjects. The random effect model was used for the meta#2;analysis. The results showed that there was a moderate positive correlation between semantic distance and creative thinking (r = 0.379, 95%CI [0.300, 0.452]). The meta-regression analysis found that the correlation was moderated by the age of participants and dimensions of creative thinking. Specifically, the results suggested that the correlation between semantic distance and creative thinking decreased with the increase in the age of participants. In addition, flexibility had a higher correlation coefficient with semantic distance than originality and fluency. However, elaboration had a negative correlation with semantic distance. This is the potential reason for the inconsistent results in previous studies. The current study provides new perspectives and explanations for exploring cognitive and neural mechanisms of creativity. It contributes to the exploration of the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking. The current study offers better scientific evidence and important implications for interpreting, predicting, and improving creativity.
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