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Mark A. Runco

Director of Creativity Research & Programming, Southern Oregon University / Radical Creativity, Aalto University, Helsinki

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June 01, 2022

Positive Creativity and the Intentions, Discretion, Problem Finding, and Divergent Thinking That Support It Can Be Encouraged in the Classroom→

June 01, 2022/ Guest User

M.A. Runco (2022). Educational Sciences, 12(5), 340.

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2022, journal article
January 31, 2022

Enhanced Open-Mindedness and Problem Finding Among Gifted Female Students Involved in Future Robotics Design→

January 31, 2022/ Guest User

A.E.A. Ayoub, A.M. Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M. Alsubaie, M.A. Runco, and S. Acar (2022). Roeper Review, 44:2, 85-93.

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December 30, 2021

Problem Finding, Divergent Thinking, and Evaluative Thinking Among Gifted and Nongifted Students→

December 30, 2021/ Guest User

A.M. Abdulla Alabbasi, A.S.M. Hafsyan, M.A. Runco, and A. AlSaleh (2021). Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 44(4), 398-413.

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December 01, 2021

Clustering and Switching in Divergent Thinking: Neurophysiological Correlates Underlying Flexibility During Idea Generation→

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S. Mastria, S. Agnoli, M. Zanon, S. Acar, M.A. Runco, and G.E. Corazza (2021). Neuropsychologia, 158, 107890.

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May 05, 2021

What Should People Be Told When They Take a Divergent Thinking Test? A Meta-Analytic Review of Explicit Instructions for Divergent Thinking→

May 05, 2021/ Guest User

S. Acar, M.A. Runco, and H. Park (2020). Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14, 39-49.

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January 04, 2021

Problem Finding and Creativity: A Meta-Analytic Review→

January 04, 2021/ Guest User

A.M. Abdulla, S.H. Paek, B. Cramond, and M.A. Runco (2020). Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14, 3-14.

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December 31, 2020

An Empirical Test of the Inter-Relationships Between Various Bibliometric Creative Scholarship Indicators→

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B. Forthmann and M.A. Runco (2020). MDPI, 2, (34).

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August 30, 2018

Objectively Scoring Divergent Thinking Tests for Originality: A Re-Analysis and Extension→

August 30, 2018/ Guest User

D. Dumas and M.A. Runco (2018). Creativity Research Journal.

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April 02, 2018

Primary and Secondary Creativity→

April 02, 2018/ Guest User

M.A. Runco and R. Beghetto (2018). Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 27, 7-10.

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December 12, 2017

Comments On Where the Creativity Research Has Been, and Where Is It Going→

December 12, 2017/ Guest User

M.A. Runco (2017). Journal of Creative Behavior, 51, 308-313.

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November 22, 2017

Active Ethical Leadership, Giftedness, and Creativity→

November 22, 2017/ Guest User

M.A. Runco (2017). Roeper Review, 39, 242-249.

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October 30, 2017

Further Evidence That Creativity and Innovation Are Inhibited by Conservative Thinking: Analyses of the 2016 Presidential Election→

October 30, 2017/ Guest User

M.A. Runco, S. Acar, and N. Cayirdag (2017). Creativity Research Journal, 29, 331-336.

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December 05, 2016

Mapping the Themes, Impact, and Cohesion of Creativity Research over the Last 25 Years→

December 05, 2016/ Guest User

R. Williams, M.A. Runco, and E. Berlow (2016). Creativity Research Journal, 28(4), pp. 385-394

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December 02, 2016

Uncover & Unleash Students’ Creative Potential: Translating Research Into Practice→

December 02, 2016/ Guest User

I. Chand O’Neal and M.A. Runco (September/ October 2016). National Association for Elementary School Principals’ (NAESP) Principal: Special Supplement sponsored by Crayola, pp. 20-23.

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January 04, 2016

Meta-Creativity: Being Creative About Creativity→

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M.A. Runco (2015). Creativity Research Journal, 27(3), pp. 295-298.

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June 23, 2015

7 Critical Components of Creativity (research summary) [PDF]→

June 23, 2015/ Guest User

H. Hadani, E. Fortescue, E. Rood, and M.A. Runco (2014). Center for Childhood Creativity, pp. 1-19.

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September 08, 2014

The Incremental Validity of a Short Form of the Ideational Behavior Scale and Usefulness of Distractor, Contraindicative, and Lie Scales→

September 08, 2014/ Guest User

M.A. Runco, J.J. Walczyk, S. Acar, E.L. Cowger, M. Simundson, and S. Tripp (2014). The Journal of Creative Behavior, 48 (3), 185–197.

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September 08, 2014

Assessing Associative Distance Among Ideas Elicited by Tests of Divergent Thinking→

September 08, 2014/ Guest User

S. Acar and M.A. Runco (2014). Creativity Research Journal, 26, 229-238.

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Mark A. Runco

Cognitive psychologist Mark Runco is a leading creativity researcher whose empirical work focuses on idea generation and divergent thinking. To help people fulfill their capacity for creativity, he has devised a battery of tests that measures creative potential and performance.

Recent Articles

Runco, M. A. (2023). Updating the Standard Definition of Creativity to Account for the Artificial Creativity of AI. Creativity Research Journal. doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2257977

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Positive Creativity and the Intentions, Discretion, Problem Finding, and Divergent Thinking That Support It Can Be Encouraged in the Classroom

M.A. Runco (2022). Educational Sciences, 12(5), 340.

Enhanced Open-Mindedness and Problem Finding Among Gifted Female Students Involved in Future Robotics Design

A.E.A. Ayoub, A.M. Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M. Alsubaie, M.A. Runco, and S. Acar (2022). Roeper Review, 44:2, 85-93.

Problem Finding, Divergent Thinking, and Evaluative Thinking Among Gifted and Nongifted Students

A.M. Abdulla Alabbasi, A.S.M. Hafsyan, M.A. Runco, and A. AlSaleh (2021). Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 44(4), 398-413.

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