ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理科学进展 ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 519-534.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2023.00519

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语义距离与创造性思维关系的元分析

李亚丹1(), 杜颖1, 谢聪1, 刘春宇1, 杨毅隆2, 李阳萍1, 邱江3,4()   

  1. 1陕西师范大学现代教学技术教育部重点实验室, 西安 710062
    2西安外国语大学英文学院, 西安 710019
    3西南大学认知与人格教育部重点实验室;
    4西南大学心理学部, 重庆 400715
  • 收稿日期:2022-06-28 出版日期:2023-04-15 发布日期:2022-12-30
  • 通讯作者: 李亚丹,邱江 E-mail:qiuj318@swu.edu.cn;liyadan@snnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    *教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目(22XJC190001);陕西省自然科学基础研究计划一般项目(2022JQ-156);陕西省哲学社会科学重大理论与现实问题研究项目资助

A meta-analysis of the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking

LI Yadan1(), DU Ying1, XIE Cong1, LIU Chunyu1, YANG Yilong2, LI Yangping1, QIU Jiang3,4()   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology (Shaanxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Xi’an 710062, China
    2School of English Studies, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an 710019, China
    3Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
    4Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Received:2022-06-28 Online:2023-04-15 Published:2022-12-30
  • Contact: LI Yadan, QIU Jiang E-mail:qiuj318@swu.edu.cn;liyadan@snnu.edu.cn

摘要:

自然语言处理的发展为探究语义距离与创造性思维的关系提供了可靠且有效的研究方法。近些年关于两者之间关系的研究逐渐增多, 但研究结论并不一致。本研究基于创造力联想理论及扩散激活模型, 通过元分析的方法探讨了语义距离与创造性思维的整体关系, 并且分析了以往研究结论不一致的原因。本文经过文献检索和筛选后获得14项研究, 提取r值作为效应值(共53个效应值, 4729个独立样本), 并使用随机效应模型进行了元分析。结果显示:语义距离与创造性思维存在中等程度的正相关(r = 0.379, 95% CI [0.300, 0.452]); 二者的相关强度受到被试年龄和创造性思维不同测量指标的调节。研究结果表明语义距离与创造性思维关系密切, 同时解释了以往研究结论不一致的原因。上述结果不仅能为更深入地探讨创造性思维的认知神经机制提供新的研究视角和理论解释, 而且有助于更全面地理解语义距离与创造性思维二者的关系及其边界条件, 为更好地解释、预测和提升创造力提供科学依据和重要启示。

关键词: 创造性思维, 语义距离, 创造力测量, 元分析

Abstract:

The development of natural language processing has offered reliable and valid research methods for exploring the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking. There are more and more studies in this direction in recent years. However, the research findings are inconsistent in this line of research. It remains unknown whether semantic distance could predict creative thinking and whether this relationship is influenced by other potential factors. Therefore, a more comprehensive study is necessary to investigate the relationship between semantic distance and creativity. To fulfill such a research gap, the present study, based on the Associative Theory of Creativity and the Spreading-Activation Model, has investigated the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking by using a meta-analysis method. The reasons for the inconsistency of previous studies in this line of research were also analyzed. The current research has involved 14 studies and extracted 53 independent effect sizes from 4729 subjects. Since the heterogeneity test showed that there was significant heterogeneity (I2 = 92.21), the random effect model was used for the meta-analysis. Results of funnel plots, Egger’s test of regression, and Fail-Safe Number (Nfs) showed that there were low levels of publication bias in the selected publications. The sensitivity analysis also suggested that the meta-analysis in the present study had acceptable reliability. The main effect analysis suggested that there was a moderate level of correlation between semantic distance and creative thinking (r = 0.379, 95% CI [0.300, 0.452]). Further meta-regression analysis found that the correlation was moderated by the age of participants and dimensions of creative thinking. Specifically, the results suggested that the correlation between semantic distance and creative thinking decreased with the increase in the age of participants. In addition, the flexibility (r = 0.473, 95%CI [0.180, 0.688]) had a higher correlation coefficient with semantic distance than originality (r = 0.328, 95%CI [0.197, 0.447]) and fluency (r = 0.447, 95%CI [0.338, 0.545]). However, elaboration had a negative correlation with semantic distance (r = -0.533, 95%CI [-0.664, -0.372]). The current study showed that semantic distance was associated with creative thinking. It has been suggested that the moderation effects of the age of participants and dimensions of creative thinking might be the potential reasons for the inconsistent results in previous studies. In theory, the present study provides new perspectives and explanations for exploring cognitive and neural mechanisms of creativity. It contributes to the exploration of the relationship between semantic distance and creative thinking. The current study offers better scientific evidence and important implications for interpreting, predicting, and improving creativity. In practice, the current study contributes to quantifying creative thinking by using semantic distance. Future explorations should investigate the relationships between semantic distance and domain-specific creativity (e.g., scientific creativity and artistic creativity), as well as the influence of other higher cognitive functions (e.g., cognitive control) on these relationships.

Key words: creative thinking, semantic distance, the measure of creativity, meta-analysis

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