Darya L. Zabelina Source Confirmed

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High Impact

Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

25 h-index 107 pubs 2,524 cited

Research Areas

Behavioral and Psychological Studies Cognitive Processes Media Studies and Communication Mental Health Research Topics Advanced Neural Network Applications Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Education and Critical Thinking Development

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Darya L. Zabelina's research investigates the cognitive and psychological factors underlying creativity, human-computer interaction, and individual differences. Her work explores how external factors, such as smartphone notifications, impact cognitive control and attention. She has also examined the relationship between creative thinking and various psychological states, including willpower, anxiety, and idle thought engagement.

Zabelina's recent publications include studies on the creative capabilities of artificial intelligence generative language models compared to humans, the effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control, and the link between social media use, divergent thinking, and creative achievement. She has also investigated the association between imagination and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic and the connection between creative achievement and individual differences across different domains.

With a h-index of 25 and over 2,500 citations, Zabelina is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Her collaborative network includes Joshua D. Upshaw, Michelle M. Ramey, and Stephanie J. Kane, all from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. She maintains an active lab website to disseminate her research findings.

Metrics

h-index: 25
Publications: 107
Citations: 2,524

Selected Publications

Using visual imagery to manipulate recognition memory for faces whose appearance has changed (2025) DOI
Social Anxiety is Related to Worse Recognition Memory of Angry Faces (2024) DOI
Board 258: Engineering Design Thinking in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (2024) DOI
Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis (2024) DOI
The current state of artificial intelligence generative language models is more creative than humans on divergent thinking tasks (2024) DOI
Board 411: Thinking Inversely in Engineering Design: Towards an Operational Definition of Generative Design Thinking (2024) DOI
Divergent thinking modulates interactions between episodic memory and schema knowledge: Controlled and spontaneous episodic retrieval processes (2024) DOI
Evaluating the Structure of the Aesthetic Responsiveness Assessment (AReA) with Bootstrap Exploratory Graph Analysis (2023) DOI
Electrophysiological effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control following a brief mindfulness induction (2023) DOI
Artificial Intelligence is More Creative Than Humans: A Cognitive Science Perspective on the Current State of Generative Language Models (2023) DOI
Creative Minds at Rest: Creative Individuals are More Associative and Engaged with Their Idle Thoughts (2023) DOI
A brief online mindfulness induction improves creative art-making (2023) DOI
0077 Sleep and Imagination: Poor Sleep Quality is Associated with More Complex and More Goal-Directed Imaginations (2023) DOI
The effect of a 5-minute body scan mindfulness intervention on healthier food choices (2023) DOI
The hidden cost of a smartphone: The effects of smartphone notifications on cognitive control from a behavioral and electrophysiological perspective (2022) DOI