Genetic and environmental influences on applied creativity: A reared-apart twin study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. King''s College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom;2. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, United States;3. Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1700 Lomas Blvd, NE Suite 1300, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States;1. Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa;2. Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Private Bag X01, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa;3. B.A. Krukoff Curator of African Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, USA |
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| Abstract: | Applied creativity involves bringing innovation to real-life activities. The first reared-apart twin study assessing genetic and environmental origins of applied creativity, via Draw-a-House (DAH) and Draw-a-Person (DAP) tasks, is presented. Participants included 69 MZA and 53 DZA twin pairs from the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. Drawings were evaluated by four artists and four non-artists. Genetic effects were demonstrated for the DAP (.38–.47), but not for the DAH. Creative personality showed genetic effects (.50), and modest, but significant correlations with scores on the two drawings (rs = .17–.26). Both genetic and nonshared environmental influences underlie variance in applied creativity. Individuals concerned with enhancing creativity among students and others may better understand individual differences in performance and training. |
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| Keywords: | Twins Creativity Genetics |
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