title: Creativity and affective illness: an objection.
abstract: A good deal of attention has recently been given to two studies purportedly showing a connection between creativity and affective illness. In both cases, there have been inadequate (or absent) controls, biased selection procedures, single interviewer-experimenter bias, and, in one study, misrepresentative use of statistics. We have published contrary experimental results which, on a statistically significant level, differentiate creative thinking and creativity from psychopathological modes of response.
authors.affiliation: Harvard University, USA.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rothenberg
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*