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We examined creativity using a physiological approach, which requires a controlled experiment. We measured subjects’ Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) and electrocardiogram (ECR) during a creativity task, and inserted two stress manipulations into a specific group. In addition, a questionnaire survey was given to subjects as a supplementary measurement. Physiological signals and the perceived stress scale (PSS) indicated whether or not the stress group had mental stress in the experiment. Our results showed self-reported creativity did not correspond to assessment by experts in that it might be influenced by our stress manipulation in the experiment. Finally, we did not find that there was a relation between creativity and stress for our experiment. For future studies of creativity under stress, we suggest that researchers should consider other factors that might influence stress and creativity with various approaches, such as physiological and bioinformatical approaches, in order to shed light on inconsistent findings.
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Lee, D.S., Jo, N.Y., Lee, K.C. (2011). A Physiological Approach to Creativity under Stress and Non-stress Conditions. In: Kim, Th., et al. U- and E-Service, Science and Technology. UNESST 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 264. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27210-3_24
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