Metacognition of Insight and Creative Cognition

Dear Colleagues,

Humans can solve new and difficult problems, utilizing creative ideas to innovate our lives and make them more interesting. How do great ideas and insights enter our minds unexpectedly with no warning? Can we sense when new ideas are on the way? Are some insights better than others? When people have new ideas, do the ideas seem true, even when they are false insights? What are the consequences of insightful moments. Do they make people feel better? Are insightful ideas remembered better? What do we know about our own Eureka moments? These are some of the questions addressed by scientists performing cutting-edge research on insight and creative cognition. Here, we present the newest theories and empirical research on the metacognition involved in insightful experiences.

The Journal of Intelligence invites contributions to this Special Issue on the metacognition of insight and creative cognition. Researchers who study creative cognition, the cognitive neuroscience of creativity, insight, metacognition, cognitive restructuring, creative ideation, or other related topics are encouraged to submit manuscripts to this collection.

Research examining experimental approaches to investigations of cognitive and metacognitive processes involved in insight and creativity, as well as studies on individual differences related to the metacognition of insight and creative cognition, is welcome. Although we will consider literature reviews, meta-analyses, case studies, and theoretical papers, priority will be given to reports containing original empirical data. Contributions should address the metacognition involved in insight and creative cognition.

Possible topics for articles to be submitted to the Special Issue include the following:

• Subjective, behavioral, and/or psychophysiological indices that are precursors and consequences of insight moments;
• Subjective dimensions of insight and creative ideation, such as strength, correctness, unexpectedness, novelty, and affect;
• Metacognition and memory of insightful ideas;
• Mental states, such as curiosity or mind-wandering, that enhance or enable insight;
• Theoretical models of insight and creative cognition;
• Metacognitive knowledge and heuristics for enhancing insight and creative thinking.

Prof. Dr. Steven M. Smith
Prof. Dr. Carola Salvi
Guest Editors

Dr. Hans Stuyck
Co-Guest Editor

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