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 …
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 …
Interacting with complex and dynamic environments challenges the brain’s ability to adapt to change. This key ability known as cognitive flexibility involves learning the structure of the environment, switching attention between features, dimensions …
Background:
Cognitive flexibility (CF) enables individuals to readily shift from one concept or mode of practice/thoughts to another in response to changes in the environment and feedback, making CF vital to optimise success in obtaining goals. …