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An EEG study to understand semantic and episodic memory retrieval in creative processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Yuan Yin  and
Peter Childs
Yuan Yin*
Affiliation:
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Peter Childs
Affiliation:
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
*
y.yin19@ic.ac.uk

Abstract

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This study aimed to identify and compare the EEG activities associated with semantic and episodic memory retrieval during creative processes. Episodic and semantic memory induction studies were conducted and EEG was used to collect data. The results showed that (i) Episodic and semantic memory retrieval are related to the frontal lobe area; (ii) Semantic memory retrieval is evoked more swiftly compared with episodic memory retrieval (ii) Prior to episodic memory retrieval, semantic memory retrieval is evoked first.

Keywords

EEGdesign creativitydesign cognitionsemantic memoryepisodic memory
Type
Human Behaviour and Design Creativity
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 1147 - 1156
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