Can rewards enhance creativity? Exploring the effects of real and hypothetical rewards on creative problem solving and neural mechanisms.

Behav Brain Funct · 2024 · PMC11681702 · PMID 39732718

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marginally significantp = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The main effect of region was marginally significant, F (4, 80) = 3.69, p = 0.058, η p 2 = 0.16.

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.13not close (p > 0.1)

Analysis of the N1 component revealed that the N1 amplitude for real rewards was more negative compared to hypothetical rewards, although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.13).

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