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Beloyianni, V., Zbainos, D., & Karagianni, M.-P. (2024). From mindreading to originality: Exploring the relationship between Theory of Mind and creativity across the lifespan. The British journal of developmental psychology, 42(2), 215–233. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (07/09/2025, 03:10) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (07/09/2025, 03:11) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12476 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 2044-835X BibTeX citation key: Beloyianni2024 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Creativity, Theory of mind Creators: Beloyianni, Karagianni, Zbainos Collection: The British journal of developmental psychology |
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"In the previous psychoeducational literature, many theorists have argued that creativity and originality require the ability to make predictions and assumptions regarding other individuals' ideas. Thus, it has been widely hypothesized that social cognition and theory of mind (ToM) might be a fundamental component or even a prerequisite of creativity. Despite their common grounds, the empirical evidence examining the potential link between ToM and creative thinking throughout their development seems to be indirect, limited, and fragmented. In this respect, this scoping review aimed to collect and synthesize the existing knowledge about the relationship between ToM and creativity at different ages to identify significant literature gaps and generate updated research questions that might guide future research. The search process led to the inclusion, analysis, and collation of 6 relevant studies only, indicating that this research topic has been poorly investigated. Results demonstrated that ToM and creativity are strongly correlated even after partialling out significant mediators, such as age and intelligence. Such a strong association should be further investigated and explained."
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