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Dreamlike and playful virtual environments to Inspire children’s divergent thinking

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Computers have long been seen as possible tools to foster creativity in children. In this respect, virtual environments present an interesting potential to support idea generation but also to steer it in relevant directions. A total of 96 school-aged children completed a standard divergent thinking task while being exposed to one of three virtual environments: a replica of the headmistress’s office, a replica of their schoolyard, and a dreamlike environment. Results showed that participants produced more original ideas in the dreamlike and playful environments than in the headmistress’s office environment. Additionally, the contents of the environment influenced the selective exploration of idea categories. We discuss these results in terms of two combined processes: explicit references to sources of inspiration in the environment, and the implicit priming of specific idea categories.

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hal-04494793 , version 1 (07-03-2024)

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Jérôme Guegan, Claire Brechet, Julien Nelson. Dreamlike and playful virtual environments to Inspire children’s divergent thinking. Journal of Media Psychology, 2021, 33 (1), pp.28-38. ⟨10.1027/1864-1105/a000279⟩. ⟨hal-04494793⟩
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