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Direct linkThreadgold, Emma; Marsh, John E.; McLatchie, Neil; Ball, Linden J. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Background music has been claimed to enhance people's creativity. In three experiments, we investigated the impact of background music on performance of Compound Remote Associate Tasks (CRATs), which are widely thought to tap creativity. Background music with foreign (unfamiliar) lyrics (Experiment 1), instrumental music without lyrics (Experiment…
Descriptors: Music, Creativity, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Familiarity
