Roger Beaty
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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140 Moore
University Park, PA - rub736@psu.edu
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Research Summary
The cognitive neuroscience of creative thinking and problem solving.
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Creativity Semantics Cognition Brain Thinking Divergent Thinking Prefrontal Cortex Aptitude Performance Imagination Music Costs Fluency Time Executive Function Originality Experiment Rating Intelligence Language Verbal Fluency Cues Personality Magnetic Resonance Imaging NeurosciencesMost Recent Publications
The time course of creativity: Multivariate classification of default and executive network contributions to creative cognition over time
James Lloyd-Cox, Qunlin Chen, Roger E. Beaty, 2022, Cortex on p. 90-105
Semantic Spaces Are Not Created Equal - How Should We Weigh Them in the Sequel?: On Composites in Automated Creativity Scoring
Boris Forthmann, Roger E. Beaty, Dan R. Johnson, 2022, European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Semantic memory and creativity: the costs and benefits of semantic memory structure in generating original ideas
Roger E. Beaty, Yoed N. Kenett, Richard W. Hass, Daniel L. Schacter, 2022, Thinking and Reasoning
Accelerating Creativity: Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Temporal Dynamics of Divergent Thinking
Yangping Li, Roger E. Beaty, Simone Luchini, David Yun Dai, Shuoqi Xiang, Senqing Qi, Yadan Li, Ruili Zhao, Xuewei Wang, Weiping Hu, 2022, Creativity Research Journal
Semantic Distance and the Alternate Uses Task: Recommendations for Reliable Automated Assessment of Originality
Roger E. Beaty, Dan R. Johnson, Daniel C. Zeitlen, Boris Forthmann, 2022, Creativity Research Journal
Neural Representations of Conceptual Fixation during Creative Imagination
Emily Frith, Courtney R. Gerver, Mathias Benedek, Alexander P. Christensen, Roger E. Beaty, 2022, Creativity Research Journal on p. 106-122
Automated Creativity Prediction Using Natural Language Processing and Resting-State Functional Connectivity: An fNIRS Study
Cong Xie, Simone Luchini, Roger E. Beaty, Ying Du, Chunyu Liu, Yadan Li, 2022, Creativity Research Journal on p. 401-418
Does Episodic Retrieval Contribute to Creative Writing? An Exploratory Study
Ruben D.I. van Genugten, Roger E. Beaty, Kevin P. Madore, Daniel L. Schacter, 2022, Creativity Research Journal on p. 145-158
Trends in Translational Creativity Research: Introduction to the Special Issue
Hannah M. Merseal, Robert A. Cortes, Katherine N. Cotter, Roger E. Beaty, 2022, Translational Issues in Psychological Science on p. 1-5
Divergent semantic integration (DSI): Extracting creativity from narratives with distributional semantic modeling
Dan R. Johnson, James C. Kaufman, Brendan S. Baker, John D. Patterson, Baptiste Barbot, Adam E. Green, Janet van Hell, Evan Kennedy, Grace F. Sullivan, Christa L. Taylor, Thomas Ward, Roger E. Beaty, 2022, Behavior Research Methods
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
Default and Executive Network Coupling Supports Creative Idea Production
Roger E. Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Scott Barry Kaufman, Paul J. Silvia, 2015, Scientific Reports
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
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
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
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
The neuroscience of musical improvisation
Roger E. Beaty, 2015, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews on p. 108-117
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
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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