Creativity Research Group (CRG)
Name of Lab Director: Viktoria Tidikis, PhD
Objective
The CRG seeks to advance scholarly foundation and research opportunities throughout the area of creative thinking. Students and faculty sharing a common interest in the cognitive, social and affective processes integral to creativity collaborate and support one another’s research activities with the goal of maximizing research productivity while nurturing individual and collective understanding both locally and abroad.
Note: Asterisks denote NAU student coauthors.
Completed work
Selected peer-reviewed publications & scholarly chapters Accordion Closed
Donohue, D., Osborne, R., Bornman, J., Tidikis, V., Buzdar, M., & Graham, M. (2024). Uncertainty Avoidance, Perceptions of Online Courses, and University Commitment: A Cross-Country Analysis. The Online Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/07377363.2024.2394273
Tidikis, V., & Stenson, A. (2023). Deliberation-Without-Attention in Solving Insight & Analytic Problems: Does Distractor Type Have an Effect? Psichologija, 69, 92–104.
Buzdar, M. A., Tidikis, V., & Dunbar, N.D. (2022). Religious determinants of accepting women activism and inclusivity in Pakistan: The beliefs of university students. In S. Halder & G. Squires (Eds.), Inclusion and Diversity, Cambridge Scholars Publishers.
Futterman Collier, A., Tidikis, V., Blackhorse, D., & Skabelund, S. (2020). Hope and trauma in a poisoned land: Giving voice to the impact of environmental-associated trauma in indigenous people through social practice art. The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167820902954.
Tidikis, V. (2019). Breadth of attention. In M. A. Runco & S. R. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Creativity, 3rd Edition, Elsevier.
Tidikis, V., & Ash, I.K. (2018). Greater Stroop effect predicts better performance on creative insight problems, but not on divergent thinking tasks. The International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving, 28(2), 27-37.
Tidikis, V., Donohue, D., Petkeviciute-Barysiene, & D., Rakickiene. L. (2018). The Effects of Global and National Orientation on Creativity: A Cross-Cultural Examination in the United States and Lithuania. Psychology (Psichologija), 58, 72-87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15388/Psichol.2018.4
Tidikis, V., Ash, I.K., Futterman Collier, A. (2017). The effects of interaction of emotional valence and arousal on attentional breadth and creative task performance. Creativity Research Journal, 29(3), 1-18.
Tidikis, V. & Dunbar, N. (2017). Openness to experience and creativity: When does global citizenship matter? International Journal of Psychology, DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12463
Tidikis, V. (2015). The effects of leadership and gender on dyad creativity. Psichologija, 52, 7-21. doi:10.15388/Psichol.2015.52.9329
Tidikis, V. & Ash, I. K. (2013). Working in pairs and alone: Examining process variables in solving insight problems. Creativity Research Journal, 25(2), 189-198.
Recent Conference Presentations Accordion Closed
Tidikis, V., & Stenson, A. (2024, April). Deliberation-Without-Attention in Solving Insight & Analytic Problems: Does Distractor Type Have an Effect? Oral presentation at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 2024 Convention, Denver, CO.
Dunbar, N., & Tidikis, V. (2024, April). Cross-Cultural Validation of Perceptions of Creativity (4P) Scale in the United States and China. Oral presentation at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 2024 Convention, Denver, CO.
Tidikis, V., & Dunbar, N. D. (2023, April). Development and Initial Psychometric Validation of the 4P Scale: Implicit Theories about the Importance of Person, Press, Process, and Product for Creativity. Oral presentation at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 2023 Convention, Albuquerque, NM.
Paluska-Yakel, J., Cason, B., Huntington, N., Berger, E., & Tidikis, V. (2023, April). Can Structural Hints Improve Unconscious Processing in Problem Solving for Insight Problems under Similar Domains? Poster presented at RMPA conference in Albuquerque, NM.
Berger, E., Huntington, N., Cason, B., Paluska-Yakel, J., & Tidikis, V. (2023, April). The Dimensionality of Deliberation and Impact of Analogical Transfer Within Insight. Poster presented at RMPA conference in Albuquerque, NM.
Cason, B. L., & Tidikis, V. (2023, April). Personality Traits and Creativity. Poster presented at RMPA conference in Albuquerque, NM.
Paluska-Yakel, J., & Tidikis, V. (2023, May). A Way of Cleaning Qualitative Data Effectively and Inexpensively. Poster presented at 2023 NAU Undergraduate Expo & Symposium, Flagstaff, AZ.
Cason, B., & Tidikis, V. (April, 2021). Can personality traits determine creativity? Poster presented at the annual Undergraduate Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ: NAU.
Chesney, C., Tidikis, V. & Collier, A. D. (April, 2021). The Relationship Between COVID-19 Based Anxiety and Individual Creativity. Poster presented at the annual Undergraduate Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ: NAU.
Lerew, C. & Tidikis, V. (April, 2021). Impacts of Multicultural Experiences on Creativity. Poster presented at the annual Undergraduate Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ: NAU.
Rafferty, M. & Tidikis, V. (April, 2021). Examining Language Proficiency and Its Implications on Creativity. Poster presented at the annual Undergraduate Symposium. Flagstaff, AZ: NAU.
Tidikis, V., & Dunbar, N. D. (July, 2020). Diverse Experiences Lead to Higher Creativity in Undergraduate Students. Paper presented at the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, EDULEARN 2020.
Recent thesis projects successfully defended Accordion Closed
Anthony Stenson: The Deliberation Without Attention Effect on Problem Solving
Defended May, 2017
Lab group descriptive information Accordion Closed
The CRG currently consists of graduate and undergraduate students whose research activities are woven together by a common thread: an interest in cognitive, social, and affective processes that foster creative thinking. Our group is currently incorporating biometric measurement into our research to gain better insight and understanding of the processes responsible for creativity (eye tracking, facial expression analysis, ECG, and GSR). The CRG actively seeks advance global initiatives thorough its continual collaboration with researchers abroad, in such places as China, Lithuania, Germany, Pakistan, and New Zealand.
Dr. Tidikis will be accepting incoming (AY 2025-2026) graduate students.