title: Why does self-experimentation lead to creative ideas?
abstract: According to a multivariate approach on creativity, self-experimentation may well provide many of the conditions that allow for new ideas to occur. This research method is valuable in particular because the researcher's high level of participation in the search for a solution fosters the involvement of the necessary cognitive skills and conative traits.
authors.affiliation: Université René Descartes – Paris 5, Laboratoire Cognition et Développement, CNRS UMR 8605, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, Cedex, France todd.lubart@psycho.univ-paris5.fr.
authors.forename: Todd I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Lubart
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mouchiroud