Threshold-like associations as a function of disturbance

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Kimmo Sorjonen¹  Michael Ingre¹  Bo Melin¹ 

[1] Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet;Department of Psychology, Stockholm University;Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education

关键词: Disturbance;    Intelligence;    Creativity;    Simulation;    Validity;    Threshold hypothesis;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.7891

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

According to the intelligence-creativity threshold hypothesis, there should be a positive association between intelligence and creative potential up to a certain point, the threshold, after which a further increase in intelligence should have no association with creativity. In the present simulation study, the measured intelligence and creativity of virtual subjects were affected by their true abilities as well as a disturbance factor that varied in magnitude between subjects. The results indicate that the hypothesized threshold-like association could be due to some disturbing factor, for example, low motivation, illness, or linguistic confusion, that varies between individuals and that affects both measured intelligence and measured creativity, especially if the actual association between intelligence and creativity is weak. This, together with previous negative findings, calls the validity of the intelligence-creativity threshold hypothesis into question.

【 授权许可】

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