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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Doyle, Maddie; Furnham, Adrian – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
This study examined the effect of background music upon performance of creative and non-creative individuals on a reading comprehension task. In the presence of musical distraction and silence, 54 individuals (27 creative) carried out reading comprehension tasks in a repeated measures design. An interaction was predicted, such that musical…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Creativity, Music, Cognitive Tests
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Furnham, Adrian; Batey, Mark; Booth, Tom W.; Patel, Vikita; Lozinskaya, Dariya – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2011
Two studies are reported that used multiple measures of creativity to investigate creativity differences and correlates in arts and science students. The first study examined Divergent Thinking fluency, Self-Rated Creativity and Creative Achievement in matched groups of Art and Science students. Arts students scored higher than Science students on…
Descriptors: Creativity, Social Sciences, Personality, Individual Differences
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Batey, Mark; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas; Furnham, Adrian – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2009
Two studies examined the relationships between measures of intelligence, personality and divergent thinking (DT) in student samples. Study one investigated the incremental validity of measures of IQ and fluid intelligence with the Big Five Personality Inventory with regards to DT. Significant relationships of DT to fluid intelligence, Extraversion…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intelligence, Validity, Intelligence Quotient