Episodic and semantic memory contributions to imagination and creativity
Preston P. Thakral, Kevin Paul Madore, Ruth Gomez, Aleea L. Devitt
The paper examines how episodic and semantic memory relate to divergent thinking and episodic simulation, finding semantic memory strongly predicts divergent thinking while both memory types predict episodic simulation.
Memory · Jun 30, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience