Roger Beaty
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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140 Moore
University Park, PA - rub736@psu.edu
- 814-863-8524
Research Summary
The cognitive neuroscience of creative thinking and problem solving.
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Creativity Cognition Semantics Thinking Brain Music Memory Aptitude Divergent Thinking Language Prefrontal Cortex Experience Personality Group Individuality Verbal Fluency Neurosciences Efficiency Vocabulary Esthetics Research Fluency Associative Intelligence Age DifferenceMost Recent Publications
Representing creative thought: A representational similarity analysis of creative idea generation and evaluation
Heath E. Matheson, Yoed N. Kenett, Courtney Gerver, Roger E. Beaty, 2023, Neuropsychologia
Associative thinking at the core of creativity
Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett, 2023, Trends in Cognitive Sciences on p. 671-683
Convergent thinking and insight problem solving relate to semantic memory network structure
Simone Luchini, Yoed N. Kenett, Daniel C. Zeitlen, Alexander P. Christensen, Derek M. Ellis, Gene A. Brewer, Roger E. Beaty, 2023, Thinking Skills and Creativity
Predicting openness to experience via a multiplex cognitive network approach
Gal Samuel, Massimo Stella, Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett, 2023, Journal of Research in Personality
Amygdala-frontoparietal effective connectivity in creativity and humor processing
Yu Chen Chan, Daniel C. Zeitlen, Roger E. Beaty, 2023, Human Brain Mapping on p. 2585-2606
Representing melodic relationships using network science
Hannah M. Merseal, Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett, James Lloyd-Cox, Örjan de Manzano, Martin Norgaard, 2023, Cognition
The role of memory in creative ideation
Mathias Benedek, Roger E. Beaty, Daniel L. Schacter, Yoed N. Kenett, 2023, Nature Reviews Psychology on p. 246-257
Memory and creativity: A meta-analytic examination of the relationship between memory systems and creative cognition
Courtney R. Gerver, Jason W. Griffin, Nancy A. Dennis, Roger E. Beaty, 2023, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Age Differences in Semantic Network Structure: Acquiring Knowledge Shapes Semantic Memory
Abigal Cosgrove, Roger E. Beaty, Michele Theresa Diaz, Yoed N. Kenett, 2023, Psychology and Aging on p. 87-102
Creative thinking and brain network development in schoolchildren
Philippe Eon Duval, Eleonora Fornari, Marion Décaillet, Jean Baptiste Ledoux, Roger E. Beaty, Solange Denervaud, 2023, Developmental Science
Most-Cited Papers
Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics
Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Paul J. Silvia, Daniel L. Schacter, 2016, Trends in Cognitive Sciences on p. 87-95
Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity
Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett, Alexander P. Christensen, Monica D. Rosenberg, Mathias Benedek, Qunlin Chen, Andreas Fink, Jiang Qiu, Thomas R. Kwapil, Michael J. Kane, Paul J. Silvia, 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 1087-1092
Default and Executive Network Coupling Supports Creative Idea Production
Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Scott Barry Kaufman, Paul J. Silvia, 2015, Scientific Reports
Creativity and the default network: A functional connectivity analysis of the creative brain at rest
Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Robin W. Wilkins, Emanuel Jauk, Andreas Fink, Paul J. Silvia, Donald A. Hodges, Karl Koschutnig, Aljoscha C. Neubauer, 2014, Neuropsychologia on p. 92-98
The roles of associative and executive processes in creative cognition
Roger E. Beaty, Paul J. Silvia, Emily C. Nusbaum, Emanuel Jauk, Mathias Benedek, 2014, Memory and Cognition on p. 1186-1197
Verbal fluency and creativity: General and specific contributions of broad retrieval ability (Gr) factors to divergent thinking
Paul J. Silvia, Roger E. Beaty, Emily C. Nusbaum, 2013, Intelligence on p. 328-340
Ready, set, create: What instructing people to "be creative" reveals about the meaning and mechanisms of divergent thinking
Emily C. Nusbaum, Paul J. Silvia, Roger Beaty, 2014, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts on p. 423-432
Creating metaphors: The neural basis of figurative language production
Mathias Benedek, Roger Beaty, Emanuel Jauk, Karl Koschutnig, Andreas Fink, Paul J. Silvia, Beate Dunst, Aljoscha C. Neubauer, 2014, NeuroImage on p. 99-106
Openness to experience and awe in response to nature and music: Personality and profound aesthetic experiences
Paul J. Silvia, Kirill Fayn, Emily C. Nusbaum, Roger E. Beaty, 2015, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts on p. 376-384
The neuroscience of musical improvisation
Roger E. Beaty, 2015, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews on p. 108-117
News Articles Featuring Roger Beaty
Dec 01, 2020
Making Connections: Psychologist explores the neuroscience of creativity
Is there anything more mysterious — or human — than the creative impulse? Whatever the field of endeavor: music, art, science, business… What accounts for the inspired burst of innovation? The spark that flits to flame and lights the way to something entirely new?
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Aug 13, 2019
NSF grant to fund research on brain activity and scientific creative thinking
Roger Beaty, assistant professor of psychology and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab in the Penn State Department of Psychology, has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) along with co-investigators from two other institutions to collaborate on a project aimed at understanding and measuring creativity in the context of science.
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May 24, 2019
Creative People Have A Special ‘Default Network’ In The Brain
George Bernard Shaw once called imagination the “beginning of creation.” Joseph Joubert called it the “eye of the soul,” and J.K Rowling defined it as the “uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not.”
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May 22, 2019
Creative Types Reserve a Special Corner of the Brain for Dreaming Big
Artists, novelists, actors and directors excel at tapping into “imagination” circuits
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