Personality, Creativity and Latent Inhibition

Abstract The current study set out to investigate the relationship between creativity, multidimensional schizotypy and personality more generally. This was achieved by analysing scores on a range of personality scales and measures of creativity, where it was found that the creativity measures were more closely related to asocial-schizotypy than positiveschizotypy. The study also sought to test Eysenck's prediction (1993, 1995) that, given the putative relationship between creativity and psychosis-proneness, high psychosisprone scoring individuals and high creativity scoring individuals would demonstrate the same cognitive style of 'overinclusiveness' on procedures for latent inhibition. However, the results failed to demonstrate any evidence of a shared 'widening of the associative horizon' between high creativity and high psychosis-prone scorers. The findings are discussed in relation to multi-dimensional schizotypy

Personality, creativity and latent inhibition

Abstract The current study set out to investigate the relationship between creativity, multidimensional schizotypy and personality more generally. This was achieved by analysing scores on a range of personality scales and measures of creativity, where it was found that the creativity measures were more closely related to asocial-schizotypy than positiveschizotypy. The study also sought to test Eysenck's prediction (1993, 1995) that, given the putative relationship between creativity and psychosis-proneness, high psychosisprone scoring individuals and high creativity scoring individuals would demonstrate the same cognitive style of 'overinclusiveness' on procedures for latent inhibition. However, the results failed to demonstrate any evidence of a shared 'widening of the associative horizon' between high creativity and high psychosis-prone scorers. The findings are discussed in relation to multi-dimensional schizotypy