媒体多任务与创造力的关系:基于多视角的解释

The relationship between media multitasking and creativity:Explanations from multiple perspectives

媒体多任务与创造力关系的研究结果间存在着差异,从创造性思维和创造性行为表现两方面对其关系进行梳理,并基于多视角展开解释:从执行功能的视角看待媒体多任务与发散思维的正向关系,发现完成媒体多任务所需的认知灵活性增强等因素与发散思维提升有关;从注意风格的视角解释媒体多任务与聚合思维的关系,发现媒体多任务所需的更大注意广度有利于促进聚合思维,但个体认知坚持性的减弱也让其关系更加复杂;而对于媒体多任务与创造性行为表现的正向关系也有来自情绪激活和认知整合的证据。未来研究可以在明确二者关系的基础上,进一步验证其内在机制,并探索媒体多任务激发创造力的有效方式。

There are discrepancies among findings on the relationship between media multitasking and creativity.We evaluated the relationship between creative thinking and creative behavior performance and explained it based on multiple perspectives.The positive relationship between media multitasking and divergent thinking is viewed from the perspective of executive function,and it has been found that the enhancement of cognitive flexibility,which is required to complete media multitasking,is related to the improvement of divergent thinking.The relationship between media multitasking and convergent thinking can be explained by the perspective of attention style,and the high-level attention span required for media multitasking is found to promote convergent thinking;however,the weakening of individual cognitive persistence also complicates the relationship.There is also evidence from emotional activation and cognitive integration for the positive relationship between media multitasking and creative behavior performance.Future research could further investigate the underlying mechanisms and explore effective ways to use media multitasking to stimulate creativity.