This bibliometric analysis maps research on the science of adult learning, examining publication trends, collaboration patterns, influential sources, and foundational themes in the field. The article addresses a gap in understanding how adult …
This cross-cultural investigation examined task engagement in matrix reasoning performance using the Matrix Reasoning Item Bank, an online measure that captures both accuracy and response time. In a sample of 458 participants from China and the …
This scoping review synthesizes evidence on the association between cognitive flexibility and creativity across childhood and adolescence. Drawing on empirical studies of individuals aged 0-18 years, the review examines how cognitive flexibility and …
This study reports that the openness subscale of the 10-item Big Five Inventory is affected by a linguistically ambiguous item: 'I see myself as someone who has few artistic interests.' Across nine datasets, responses to this item showed weak or …
This scoping review examines how inventive thinking has been defined and measured across the literature. The review synthesizes conceptual and methodological approaches to inventive thinking and identifies how researchers have operationalized the …
Given the central role of working memory in reading, this meta-analysis examined the relationship between reading, specifically decoding, and working memory in children and adolescents. Across 127 studies and 632 effect sizes, reading and working …
Cognitive flexibility, the capacity to adaptively shift between mental sets, includes subprocesses such as set-shifting and task-switching and changes across development. Divergent thinking, a core aspect of creativity, also develops substantially …
This meta-analysis examined systematic variation in neural activation during in-group and out-group categorization. Using activation likelihood estimation and PRISMA-guided methods, the study analyzed task-fMRI studies of healthy adults that reported …
How the human brain flexibly adapts social perception by recategorizing out-group (them) to in-group (us) remains unclear. Using functional MRI in Singapore's multicultural population, we investigated how priming subordinate (ethnic) versus …
This study validates the Contextual and Individual Linguistic Diversity Questionnaire (CILD-Q) for measuring contextual linguistic diversity in Singapore. The work addresses the need for instruments that can capture language experience in highly …