Linden J. Ball

Assessing the role of attentional inhibition and cognitive flexibility in convergent and divergent thinking during creative task performance

Zoe Danielle Hughes, Linden J. Ball, Jeannie Judge

Findings regarding the role of attentional inhibition and cognitive flexibility in creative cognition have been inconsistent, potentially due to methodological differences in measures of attention and creativity. To clarify these relationships, we conducted two experiments assessing how attentional inhibition and cognitive flexibility …

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Frequency-specific prefrontal inter-brain synchrony and reinforcement learning signatures differentiate cooperative and competitive risky decision-making: An fNIRS hyperscanning study

Mingjing Wang, Sihua Xu, Linden J. Ball

The neural and computational mechanisms that distinguish cooperative from competitive strategies in risky decision-making remain incompletely understood. In this study, we combine frequency-specific prefrontal inter-brain synchrony (IBS) measured via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning with reinforcement learning modeling to examine how social …

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Social Cognitive Deficits and Altered Multibrain Dynamics During Problem Solving in Heroin Abstainers: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Hyperscanning Study

Yifan Wang, Wanyi Li, Wenjuan Fu, Jin Zhang et autres

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Harnessing Pre-Course Aptitude Tests to Predict Performance on an Introductory Programming Assessment in Higher Education

Oliver Kerr, Linden J. Ball, Nicky Danino

When learning to program, students’ efforts can be hampered by a variety of misconceptions pertaining to fundamental programming concepts, which can prevent them from developing appropriate Mental Models (MMs) of these concepts. This can create a barrier to learning and subsequently impact …

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mochasta: Changing-State Irrelevant Speech Disrupts Visual-Verbal but not Visual-Spatial Serial Recall

John Everett Marsh, Mark J. Hurlstone, Alexandre Marois, Linden J. Ball et autres

This package contains data and functions to reproduce the analyses reported in the article "Changing-State Irrelevant Speech Disrupts Visual-Verbal but not Visual-Spatial Serial Recall".

mochasta: Changing-State Irrelevant Speech Disrupts Visual-Verbal but not Visual-Spatial Serial Recall

John Everett Marsh, Mark J. Hurlstone, Alexandre Marois, Linden J. Ball et autres

This package contains data and functions to reproduce the analyses reported in the article "Changing-State Irrelevant Speech Disrupts Visual-Verbal but not Visual-Spatial Serial Recall".

Lovers’ creativity sparks under stress: fNIRS hyperscanning evidence of dating couples’ creative problem-solving under stress

Jiaqi Zhang, Yifan Wang, Hanxuan Zhao, Wenjin Duan et autres

In an age flooded with pressure, lovers' resilience under stress and ability to creatively solve problems are highly valued. It is hoped that stress could become the crucible that forges lovers' creative sparks. Understanding the associations among romantic love, stress and advanced …

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Predictive Processing in the Context of Action Perception

Juste Zajankauskaite, Kathleen C. McCulloch, Linden J. Ball, Timothy Lee Hubbard

Perception involves the continuous generation and testing of predictions about incoming sensory information (Friston, 2005; Rao & Ballard, 1999). The brain generates expectations about forthcoming events based on prior knowledge, and these predictions are compared against actual sensory input. When predictions match …

Assessing the Role of Attentional Inhibition and Cognitive Flexibility in Convergent and Divergent Creative Thinking

Zoe Danielle Hughes, Linden J. Ball, Jeannie Judge

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Metacognitive Concepts are Central to Understanding Creative Performance and Expertise

Linden J. Ball, Beth H. Richardson

Predictive Processing in the Context of Action Perception

Timothy Lee Hubbard, Linden J. Ball, Juste Zajankauskaite, Kathleen C. McCulloch

This research project seeks to test and advance recent theoretical models of predictive processing in perception. These models offer a compelling framework for understanding how the brain continuously creates perceptual experiences by generating predictions about incoming sensory data based on prior knowledge, …

Examining the Impact of Brief Mindfulness Practice on Sustained Attention, Attentional Inhibition and Convergent Thinking

Zoe Danielle Hughes, Linden J. Ball, Petar Atanasov, Jeannie Judge

There remains little understanding of how short-term mindfulness interventions influence creative cognition. We report an experiment that examined the impact of a brief mindfulness intervention on sustained attention, attentional inhibition, and convergent thinking, relative to a control group. Participants (N = 117) …

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