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Darya L. Zabelina
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Also affiliated: Northwestern University (2011–2016); Dakota State University (2007–2011); University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2020–2023); University of Colorado Boulder (2016–2020); Vanderbilt University (2023); University of the Ozarks (2019); Fayetteville Public Library (2019–2020); North Dakota State University (2007–2011)
Faculty Researcher
26 h-index
111 pubs
2,730 cited
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Darya L. Zabelina's research investigates the cognitive and psychological factors influencing creativity, attention, and willpower. Her work examines how external stimuli, such as smartphone notifications, impact cognitive control and how individual differences in personality and mental states, like anxiety, relate to creative processes. Zabelina has explored the association between imagination and anxiety, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recent publications from Zabelina's group also address the capabilities of artificial intelligence in creative tasks, comparing generative language models to human performance on divergent thinking. Her research has demonstrated that creative individuals often exhibit more associative thinking and engagement with their idle thoughts. Furthermore, her work has linked social media use to divergent thinking and real-life creative achievement, as well as exploring the relationship between creativity and individual differences in creative domains. Zabelina is a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 26 and over 2,600 citations across her 111 publications. She actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Joshua D. Upshaw, Michelle M. Ramey, Stephanie Kane, and Jennifer C. Veilleux.
Metrics
- h-index: 26
- Publications: 111
- Citations: 2,730
Selected Publications
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Using visual imagery to manipulate recognition memory for faces whose appearance has changed (2025)
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Making more flexible memories: Using visual imagery to manipulate recognition of faces whose appearance has changed (2025)
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Social Anxiety is Related to Worse Recognition Memory of Angry Faces (2024)
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Board 258: Engineering Design Thinking in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (2024)
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Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis (2024)
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The current state of artificial intelligence generative language models is more creative than humans on divergent thinking tasks (2024)
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Board 411: Thinking Inversely in Engineering Design: Towards an Operational Definition of Generative Design Thinking (2024)
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Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes (2024)
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Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis (2023)
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Electrophysiological effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control following a brief mindfulness induction (2023)
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Artificial Intelligence is More Creative Than Humans: A Cognitive Science Perspective on the Current State of Generative Language Models (2023)
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Creative Minds at Rest: Creative Individuals are More Associative and Engaged with Their Idle Thoughts (2023)
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A brief online mindfulness induction improves creative art-making (2023)
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0077 Sleep and Imagination: Poor Sleep Quality is Associated with More Complex and More Goal-Directed Imaginations (2023)
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The effect of a 5-minute body scan mindfulness intervention on healthier food choices (2023)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
John Clay
Walker (United States) (US)
8 shared publications
- The Association between Imagination and Anxiety in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- A brief online mindfulness induction improves creative art-making
- Imagination, anxiety, and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Psychological Links Between Systems Thinking and Sequential Decision Making in Engineering Design
- MODELLING AND PROFILING STUDENT DESIGNERS’ COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES IN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Joshua D. Upshaw
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- The hidden cost of a smartphone: The effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control from a behavioral and electrophysiological perspective
- The Association between Imagination and Anxiety in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Imagination, anxiety, and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Electrophysiological effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control following a brief mindfulness induction
- The effect of a 5-minute body scan mindfulness intervention on healthier food choices
Charles Xie
Institute for the Future (US)
4 shared publications
- The Psychological Links Between Systems Thinking and Sequential Decision Making in Engineering Design
- MODELLING AND PROFILING STUDENT DESIGNERS’ COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES IN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
- Board 411: Thinking Inversely in Engineering Design: Towards an Operational Definition of Generative Design Thinking
- Board 258: Engineering Design Thinking in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Zhenghui Sha
Walker (United States) (US)
4 shared publications
- The Psychological Links Between Systems Thinking and Sequential Decision Making in Engineering Design
- MODELLING AND PROFILING STUDENT DESIGNERS’ COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES IN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
- Board 411: Thinking Inversely in Engineering Design: Towards an Operational Definition of Generative Design Thinking
- Board 258: Engineering Design Thinking in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Michelle M. Ramey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Creative people use memory differently: Divergent thinking modulates how episodic memory is combined with semantic knowledge
- Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes
- Making more flexible memories: Using visual imagery to manipulate recognition of faces whose appearance has changed
- Using visual imagery to manipulate recognition memory for faces whose appearance has changed
Kim N. Awa
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
4 shared publications
- The current state of artificial intelligence generative language models is more creative than humans on divergent thinking tasks
- Artificial Intelligence is More Creative Than Humans: A Cognitive Science Perspective on the Current State of Generative Language Models
- Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis
- Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis
Carl E. Stevens
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- The hidden cost of a smartphone: The effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control from a behavioral and electrophysiological perspective
- Parametric Cortical Representations of Complexity and Preference for Artistic and Computer-Generated Fractal Patterns Revealed by Single-Trial EEG Power Spectral Analysis
- Parametric cortical representations of complexity and preference for artistic and computer-generated fractal patterns revealed by single-trial EEG power spectral analysis
Eric Rawls
University of Minnesota (US)
2 shared publications
- Parametric Cortical Representations of Complexity and Preference for Artistic and Computer-Generated Fractal Patterns Revealed by Single-Trial EEG Power Spectral Analysis
- Parametric cortical representations of complexity and preference for artistic and computer-generated fractal patterns revealed by single-trial EEG power spectral analysis
Rebecca White
University of New Hampshire (US)
2 shared publications
- Parametric Cortical Representations of Complexity and Preference for Artistic and Computer-Generated Fractal Patterns Revealed by Single-Trial EEG Power Spectral Analysis
- Parametric cortical representations of complexity and preference for artistic and computer-generated fractal patterns revealed by single-trial EEG power spectral analysis
Xinggang Li
Walker (United States) (US)
2 shared publications
- MODELLING AND PROFILING STUDENT DESIGNERS’ COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES IN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
- Board 411: Thinking Inversely in Engineering Design: Towards an Operational Definition of Generative Design Thinking
William Revelle
2 shared publications
- Creative Achievement and Individual Differences: Associations Across and Within the Domains of Creativity
- Reproducibility Data for: Creative Achievement and Individual Differences
David Condon
2 shared publications
- Creative Achievement and Individual Differences: Associations Across and Within the Domains of Creativity
- Reproducibility Data for: Creative Achievement and Individual Differences
Kent Hubert
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
2 shared publications
- The current state of artificial intelligence generative language models is more creative than humans on divergent thinking tasks
- Artificial Intelligence is More Creative Than Humans: A Cognitive Science Perspective on the Current State of Generative Language Models
Matt R. Judah
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- Electrophysiological effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control following a brief mindfulness induction
- Social Anxiety is Related to Worse Recognition Memory of Angry Faces
Paul J. Silvia
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
2 shared publications
- Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis
- Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis
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