Effects of Acute Stress on Insight: How Does Stress Influence Creativity?

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10.2991/assehr.k.220504.304How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Insight; Acute Stress; Creativity; Trier Social Stress Test

Abstract

Previous studies indicate that stress exerts various influences on multiple cognitive functions, but the correlation between stress and creativity was scarcely involved, as creativity is commonly acknowledged as a relatively stable psychological trait. Insight, a significant component of creativity, however, shares the feature of the suddenness with emotion, which may be potentially sensitive to acute stress. Based on this, this study adopted Trier Social Stress Test to investigate the effect of acute psychological stress on insight, and then whether creativity is influenced by a variety of environmental, physiological, and psychological factors. The experiment improved the traditional insight paradigm and adopted more convenient materials of “brain teasers” instead of “Aha!” riddles, the manipulation test of which shows significant induced insight. The T-test between the stress group and control did not manifest significant effects of acute stress on insight, which may suggest stability of insight against environmental stressors.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shumeng Yang
AU  - Ziying Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - Effects of Acute Stress on Insight: How Does Stress Influence Creativity?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1678
EP  - 1681
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.304
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.304
ID  - Yang2022
ER  -