Abstract

ARANGUREN, María. Emotion and creativity: a complex relationship. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.2, pp.217-230. ISSN 0121-4381.  https://doi.org/10.14349/sumapsi2013.1196.

The purpose of this research was to undertake a bibliographical survey of the main research conducted with regard to the effect of positive and negative emotions on creative performance. Because previous research -shows certain discrepancies, several theoretical models were analyzed in this study in order to understand how emotions influence cognition. Lastly, several moderators of the affect-creativity relation were examined since they can explain some of the inconsistencies found. Finally, the research analyzed seems to indicate that the study of the relationship between affect and creativity needs to conduct an in depth study of the characteristics of the tasks proposed, the specificities of the emotions which are being studied, and some dispositional variables which could moderate said relationship.

Keywords : creativity; emotion; affect; humor; cognition.

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