The Potential Role of the Physical Environment in Fostering Creativity

By J. McCoy, G. W. Evans. 2002

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Subfields: Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Mechanical Engineering

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In Education

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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7. Hsen-Hsing Ma

Citations in the corpus

• Appraising the psychological benefits of green roofs for city residents and workers (2019, background): “Researchers have found that the presence of workplace greenery while active work is being undertaken can promote creativity (McCoy and Evans, 2002).”
• The Effect Size of Variables Associated With Creativity: A Meta-Analysis (2009, background): “A more natural environment, such as a natural view from a window, with natural materials can contribute to the conception of freedom (McCoy & Evans, 2002).”
• Knowledge workers' creativity and the role of the physical work environment (2011, background): “McCoy & Evans (2002) Stone (2003) 14 Privacy The possibility of being secluded from the presence or view of others.”
• Creative workplace: instrumental and symbolic support for creativity (2011, neutral): “Elements corresponding to perceived creative performance were more plants, bright lighting, windows and, in contrast to McCoy and Evans (2002)”
• Creative Thought as a non Darwinian Evolutionary Process (2005, neutral): “There is extensive evidence that context, both physical (McCoy & Evans, 2002) and social (Amabiles, 1996; Csikszentmihalyi, 1996; Felman, 1999; Felman, Csikszentmihalyi, & Gardner, 1994; Howard-Jones & Murray, 2003; Perkins,2000; Sternberg, Kaufman & Pretz, 2001) plays an important role in creative…”
• Revenge of the “Neurds”: Characterizing Creative Thought in Terms of the Structure and Dynamics of Memory (2010, background): “Recruitment of neural cliques that respond to abstract elements of the current thought (comfortable, informal) causes activation of an item in memory that share these abstract elements (BEANBAG).”
• Learning environments that support student creativity: Developing the SCALE (2018, background): “McCoy and Evans (2002) found that environments that were highly visually interesting were also high in perceived support of creativity.”
• Effects of the Physical Environment on Cognitive Load and Learning: Towards a New Model of Cognitive Load (2014, background): “McCoy and Evans (2002) studied the influence of the physical learning environment on innovative thought.”