Table 4.
Correlations between creativity measures and intelligence and executive function measures
| Verb Generation Task Semantic Distance | Divergent Thinking | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Cued | Uncued | Total | Flexibility | Originality | Fluency | Story Writing Total | Torrance Total | Latent Inhibition (Residual RT) | log CAQ Total |
| RAPM accuracy | .44 | −.16 | .38 | .40 | .32 | .36 | .40 | .28 | .02 | .11 |
| WAIS total DQ | .46 | −.04 | .48 | .53 | .36 | .46 | .49 | .31 | .07 | .16 |
| Verbal DQ | .39 | .01 | .44 | .49 | .33 | .43 | .46 | .28 | .05 | .13 |
| Performance DQ | .41 | −.07 | .39 | .43 | .30 | .37 | .39 | .26 | .08 | .16 |
| 3-back accuracy | .25 | −.25 | .19 | .23 | .10 | .21 | .17 | .16 | .01 | .07 |
| 3-back d′ | .08 | −.22 | .14 | .15 | .07 | .16 | .12 | .02 | .02 | .08 |
| 3-back mean RT | .10 | .03 | −.03 | −.02 | −.06 | .00 | .13 | −.01 | .02 | −.05 |
| Switch cost (residual RT) | .01 | −.01 | .06 | .04 | .10 | .03 | .14 | .07 | −.01 | .01 |
Note. Significant correlations (p < .05) indicated in bold. Marginally significant correlations (p < .10) indicated in italics. Not corrected for multiple comparisons. RAPM, Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices; WAIS, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; DQ, deviation quotient