Intelligence and Creativity Are Pretty Similar After All

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How semantic memory structure and intelligence contribute to creative thought: a network science approach (2017, methodology): “Recent neuroscience research has already provided first insights in how this interplay can be manifested at the level of interacting brain networks (Beaty, Benedek, Kaufman, & Silvia, 2015; Beaty, Benedek, Silvia, & Schacter, 2016).”
Structure and flexibility: Investigating the relation between the structure of the mental lexicon, fluid intelligence, and creative achievement. (2016, methodology): “…divergent thinking task, (b) the effect of Gf on creativity was mediated by markers of executive switching (the ability to shift idea categories during the task), and (c) that people with higher Gf were better at using an effective creativity strategy when given one (see Silvia, 2015 for a review).”
Is creativity without intelligence possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis (2016, background): “Another apparent limitation may be the fact that these studies did not apply the latent variables approach – so typical in the contemporary research on the creativity–intelligence relationship (Silvia, 2015).”
Approaches to Measuring Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review (2017, background): “To complicate matters further, recent studies (Primi, 2014; Silvia, 2015) have stated that divergent thinking and intelligence are more closely related than initially thought.”