Expertise in musical improvisation and creativity: the mediation of idea evaluation.

ABSTRACT: The current study explored the influence of musical expertise, and specifically training in improvisation on creativity, using the framework of the twofold model, according to which creativity involves a process of idea generation and idea evaluation. Based on the hypothesis that a strict evaluation phase may have an inhibiting effect over the generation phase, we predicted that training in improvisation may have a "releasing effect" on the evaluation system, leading to greater creativity. To examine this hypothesis, we compared performance among three groups--musicians trained in improvisation, musicians not trained in improvisation, and non-musicians--on divergent thinking tasks and on their evaluation of creativity. The improvisation group scored higher on fluency and originality compar

SUBMITTER: Kleinmintz OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4092035 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature