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New preprint on Research Square

Simone Luchini and Dr. Beaty recently put up a preprint on Research Square titled “Automated Scoring of Open-Ended Question Complexity: A Large Language Model Approach”. Check out the paper here!

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Great work, Clin!

CNCL graduate student Clin Lai recently won a best poster award at the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) annual conference! Check out the poster here. Congratulations, Clin!

Congratulations, Dan!

CNCL graduate student Dan Zeitlen recently received the STAR (Superior Teaching And Research) award, which recognizes him for his all-around excellence in teaching, research, and service. Well deserved, Dan!

New article in Creativity Research Journal

Paul DiStefano, Dr. Patterson, and Dr. Beaty and recently coauthored a new paper in Creativity Research Journal titled "Automatic Scoring of Metaphor Creativity with Large Language Models". Congratulations to Paul on his first first-author publication! Check out the...

Dr. Beaty at Congreso Futuro 2024

Dr. Beaty recently gave a talk on creative thinking and artificial intelligence at Congreso Futuro in Santiago, Chile. Check out his talk here!

New preprint on PsyArXiv

Paul DiStefano and Dr. Beaty recently put up a preprint on PsyArXiv titled "Automated Scoring of Scientific Creativity in German: A Brief Report of Study Design and Statistical Properties". Check out the paper here!

New article in Cerebral Cortex

Dan Zeitlen and Dr. Beaty recently coauthored a new paper in Cerebral Cortex titled "Diverse functional interaction driven by control-default network hubs supports creative thinking" Check out the paper here!

New article in Nature Human Behavior

Dr. Beaty recently coauthored a new paper in Nature Human Behavior titled "Creativity in the age of generative AI" Check out the paper here!

Welcome, Antonio!

Antonio Laverghetta recently joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher.  Welcome, Antonio!

Well done, Paul!

CNCL graduate student Paul DiStefano has successfully defended his master's thesis. Congratulations, Paul!

New article in Behavior Research Methods

Dr. Patterson and Dr. Beaty recently coauthored a new paper in Behavior Research Methods titled "AuDrA: An automated drawing assessment platform for evaluating creativity." Check out the paper here!