Publications

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Preprints

Chen, Q., Ding, K., Yang, Y., Yu, R., Kenett, Y. N., & Qiu, J. (2022). Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on creative thinking: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PsyArxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nza2f

Stella, M., Citrao, S., Rossetti, G., Marinazzo, D., Kenett, Y. N., & Vitevitch, M. S. (2022). Cognitive modeling with multilayer networks: Insights, advancements, and future challenges. Arxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.00500.

Bieth, T., Kenett, Y. N., Ovando-Tellez, M., Lacaux, C., Oudiette, D., & Volle, E. (2021). Dynamic changes in semantic memory structure supports successful problem solving. PsyArxiv. DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/38b4w.

Kenett, Y. N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2020). Novel conceptual combinations can dynamically reconfigure semantic memory networks. PsyArxiv. DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/crp47.

 

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals (* – equal contribution, + – student)

2023

Raz+, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (in press). Question asking as a mechanism that facilitates seeking of information. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Kelly, A. E., Kenett, Y. N., Medaglia, J. D., Reilly, J., & Chrysikou, E. G. (in press). Conceptual structure of emotions. Emotions.

Kenett, Y. N., Cardillo, E. R., Christensen, A. P., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). Aesthetic emotions are affected by context: A psychometric network analysis of aesthetic emotions. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 20985. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48219-w

Sargent, M., Kenett, Y. N., LePage, A., & Matheson, H. E. (2023). The effects of environmental scene and body posture on embodied strategies in creative thinking. Creativity Research Journal, 35(4), 614-628. DOI: https://doi.org/11080/10400419.2022.2160563

Kenett, Y. N., & Ackerman, R. (2023). Creative metacognition: A much needed bridge between meta-reasoning and creativity. Physics of Life Reviews, 47, 162-164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2023.10.006.

Raz+, T., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Kenett, N. (2023). The role of asking more complex questions in creative thinking. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000658.

Stella, M., Hills, T. T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Using cognitive psychology to understand GPT-like models needs to extend beyond human biases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(43), e2312911120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312911120

Green, A. E., Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., & Kaufman, J. C. (2023). The process definition of creativity. Creativity Research Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2254573

Christensen, A. P., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Semantic network analysis (SemNA): A tutorial on preprocessing, constructing, and analyzing semantic networks. Psychological Methods, 28(4), 860-879. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000463

Kenett, Y. N., & Beaty, R. E. (2023). On semantic structures and processes in creative thinking. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(11), 979-980. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.07.011

Patterson, J. D., Merseal, H. M., Johnson, D. R., Agnoli, S. Baas, M., Baker, B. S., Barbot, B., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Corazza, G. E., Forthmann, B., Karwowski, M., Kreisberg-Nitzav, A. Kenett, Y. N., Lubart, T., Mercier, M., Miroshnik, K., Ovando-Tellez, M., Primi, R., Puente-Diaz, R., Said-Metwaly, S., Stevenson, C., Volle, E., van Hell, J. G., & Beaty, R. E. (in press). Multilingual semantic distance: Automatic verbal creativity assessment in many languages. Psychology of Aesthetics, creativity, and the Arts, 17(4), 495-507. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000618

Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Associative thinking at the core of creativity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(7), 671-683. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.04.004.

Matheson, H. E., Kenett, Y. N., Graves, C., & Beaty, R. E. (2023). Representing creative thought: A representational similarity analysis of creative idea generation and evaluation. Neuropsychologia, 187, 108587. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108587.

Beaty*, R. E., Kenett*, Y. N., Hass, R. W., & Schacter, D. L. (2023). Semantic memory and creativity: The costs and benefits of semantic memory structure in generating original ideas. Thinking & Reasoning, 29(2), 305-339. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2022.2076742.

Kenett, Y. N., Gooz+, N., & Ackerman, R. (2023). The role of semantic associations as a metacognitive cue in creative idea generation. Journal of Intelligence, 11(4), 59. DOI: https://doi.org.3390/jintelligence11040059

Samuel+, G., Stella, M., Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Predicting openness to experience based on a cognitive multiplex network approach. Journal of Research in Personality, 104, 104369. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104369.

Luchini, S., Kenett, Y. N., Zeitlen, D. C., Christensen, A. P., Ellis, D. E., Brewer, G. A., & Beaty, R. E. (2023). Convergent thinking and insight problem solving relate to semantic memory network structure. Thinking Skills & Creativity. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101277

Reilly, J., Finley, A. M., Litovsky, C., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Bigram semantic distance as a measure of conceptual transitions in continuous natural language: Theory, tools, applications. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org1037/xge0001389.

Ovando-Tellez*, M., Kenett*, Y. N., Benedek, M., Bernard, M., Belo, Y., Belanger, B., Bieth, T., & Volle, E. (2023). Brain connectivity-based prediction of connecting and combining remote semantic associates. Creativity Research Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2192563

Chen*, Q., Christensen*, A. P., Kenett*, Y. N., Ren, Z., Condon, D. M., Bilder, R. M., Qiu, J., & Beaty, R. E. (2023). Mapping the creative personality: A psychometric network analysis of highly creative artists and scientists. Creativity Research Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2184558.

Benedek, M., Beaty, R. E., Schacter, D., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). The role of memory in creative ideation. Nature Reviews Psychology. DOI: https://doi.org.10.1038/s44159-023-00158-z

Merseal, H. M., Luchini, S., Kenett, Y. N., Knudson, K., Bilder, R. M., & Beaty, R. E. (2023). Free association ability distinguishes highly creative artists from scientists: Findings from the Big-C Project. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. DOI: https://10.1037/aca0000545.

Sasson, G., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). A mirror to human question asking: Analyzing the Akinator online question game. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 7, 26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc7010026

Kenett, Y. N., Humphries, S., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). A thirst for knowledge: Grounding creativity, curiosity, and aesthetic experience in memory and reward neural systems. Creativity Research Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2165748

Cosgrove, A. L., Beaty, R. E., Diaz, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Age differences in semantic network structure: Acquiring knowledge with aging shapes semantic memory. Psychology and Aging. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000721

Merseal, H. M., Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., Lloyd-Cox, J., de Manzano, Ö., & Norgaard, M. (2023). Representing melodic relationships using network science. Cognition, 233, 105362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105362

Sargent, M., Kenett, Y. N., LePage, A., & Matheson, H. E. (2023). The effects of environmental scene and body posture on embodied strategies in creative thinking. Creativity Research Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/11080/10400419.2022.2160563.

2022

Cosgrove, A. L., Beaty, R. E., Diaz, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (accepted in principle). Acquiring knowledge with aging shapes semantic memory structure. Psychology and Aging.

Benedek, M., Beaty, R. E., Schacter, D., & Kenett, Y. N. (accepted in principle). The role of memory in creative ideation. Nature Reviews Psychology.

Yang*, W., Green*, A. E., Chen, Q., Kenett, Y. N., Sun, J., Wei, D., & Qiu, J. (2022). Creative problem solving in knowledge-rich domains. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(10), 849-859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.012. Download as PDF

Fernandez-Fontecha, A., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Creativity enhances L2 learning: A network science investigation. Thinking Skills and Creativity. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101067. Download as PDF

Ovando-Tellez, M., Benedek, M., Kenett, Y. N., Hills, T. T., Bernard, M., Belo, Y., Belanger, B., Bieth, T., & Volle, E. (2022). An investigation of the cognitive and neural correlates of semantic memory search related to creative ability. Communications Biology, 5(1), 604. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03547-x. Download as PDF

Beaty*, R. E., Kenett*, Y. N., Hass, R. W., & Schacter, D. L. (2022). Semantic memory and creativity: The costs and benefits of semantic memory structure in generating original ideas. Thinking & Reasoning. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/133546783.2022.2076742. Download as PDF

Stella, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Knowledge modelling and learning through cognitive networks. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 6, 53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc6020053. Download as PDF

Litovsky, C. P., Finley, A. M., Zuckerman, B., Sayers, M., Schoenhard, J. A., Kenett, Y. N., & Reilly, J. (in press). Semantic flow and its relation to controlled semantic retrieval deficits in the narrative production of people with aphasia. Neuropsychologia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108235. Download as PDF

Rastelli*, C., Greco*, A., Kenett, Y. N., Finocchiaro, C., & De Pisapia, N. (2022). Simulated visual hallucinations in virtual reality enhance creative flexibility. Scientific Reports,12, 4027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08047-w. Download as PDF

Ovando-Tellez, M., Kenett, Y. N., Benedek, M. Bernard, M., Belo, Y., Belanger, B., Bieth, T., & Volle, E. (2022). Brain connectivity-based prediction of real-life creativity is mediated by semantic memory structure. Science Advances, 8(5),eabl4294. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl4924. Download as PDF

Hills, T. T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Is the mind a network? Maps, vehicles, and skyhooks in cognitive network science. Topics in Cognitive Science, 14(1), 189-208. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12570. Download as PDF

Kenett, Y. N., & Hills, T. T. (2022). Editors Introduction to Networks of the Mind: How can network science elucidate our understanding of cognition? Topics in Cognitive Science, 14(1), 45-53. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12598.  Download as PDF

2021

Dénervau, S., Christensen, A. P., Kenett, Y. N., & Beaty, R. E. (2021). Education shapes the structure of semantic memory and impact creative thinking. npj Science of Learning, 6(1), 35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00113-8.  Download as PDF

Christensen, A. P., & Kenett, Y. N. (2021). Semantic network analysis (SemNA): A tutorial on preprocessing, constructing, and analyzing semantic networks. Psychological Methods. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000463. Download as PDF

Matheson, H. E., & Kenett, Y., N., (2021). A novel coding scheme for assessing responses in divergent thinking: An embodied approach. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 15(3), 412-425. DOI: https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/aca0000297. Download as PDF

He, D., Workman, C., Kenett, Y. N., Chatterjee, A., & He, X. (2021). The effect of aging on facial attractiveness: An empirical and computational investigation. Acta Psychologica, 219, 103385. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103385 . Download as PDF

Kenett, Y. N., Ungar, L., & Chatterjee, A. (2021). Beauty and wellness in the semantic memory of the beholder. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:696507. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.696507. Download as PDF

Levy*, O., Kenett*, Y. N., Oxenberg, O., Castro, N., De Deyne, S., Vitevitch, M. S., & Havlin, S. (2021). Unveiling the interactive nature of semantics and phonology in lexical access based on multiplex networks. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 11479. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93925-y. Download as PDF

Beaty, R. E., Zeitlen, D. C., Baker, B. S., & Kenett, Y. N. (2021). Forward flow and creative thought: Assessing associative cognition and its role in divergent thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity,  41, 100859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100859. Download as PDF

Cosgrove, A. L., Kenett, Y. N., Beaty, R. E., & Diaz, M. T. (2021). Quantifying flexibility of thought: The resiliency of semantic networks differs across the lifespan. Cognition, 211, 104631. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104631. Download as PDF

Li, Y., Kenett, Y. N., Hu, W., & Beaty, R. E. (2021). Flexible semantic network structure supports the production of creative metaphors. Creativity Research Journal, 211, 104631. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104631.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Rosen, D., Tamez, E., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2021). Noninvasive brain stimulation to lateral prefrontal cortex alters the novelty of creative idea generation. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience.
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2020

Kenett*, Y. N., Kraemer*, D. J. M., Alfred, K. L., Collaizi, G. A., Cortes, R. A., & Green, A. E. (2020). Developing a neurally informed ontology of creativity measurement. NeuroImage, 117166.
Download as PDF Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N.(2020). Mapping the creative mind. American Scientist, 108(4), 218-224.
Download as PDF Paulin, T., Roquet, D., Kenett, Y. N., Savage, G., & Irish, M. (2020). The effect of semantic memory degeneration on creative thinking: A voxel-based morphometry analysis. NeuroImage, 220, 117073.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Anderson, S., Chen, E., Kelly, J. M., Christian, M., Patrick, J., Huang, L., Lewis, K., & Gray, K. (2020). Clarifying what forward flow is (and isn’t): Reply to Rossiter (2020). American Psychologist, 75(5), 727-728.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Beckage, N. M., Siew, C. S. Q., & Wulff, D. U. (2020). Cognitive network science: A new frontier. Complexity, 2020, 6870278.
Download as PDF Matheson, H. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2020b). The role of the motor system in generating creative thoughts. Neuroimage, 213, 16697.
Download as PDF Hartung*, F., Kenett*, Y. N., Cardillo, E. R., Humphries, S., Klooster, N., & Chatterjee, A. (2020). Context matters: Novel metaphors in supportive and non-supportive contexts. NeuroImage, 212, 116645.
Download as PDF Matheson, H. E., & Kenett, Y., N., (2020a). A novel coding scheme for assessing responses in divergent thinking: An embodied approach. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
Download as PDF Coburn, A., Vartanian, O., Kenett, Y. N., Nadal, M., Hertung, F., Hayn-Leichsenring, G. U., Navarrete, G., González-Mora, J. L., & Chatterjee, A. (2020). Psychological and neural responses to architectural interiors. Cortex, 126, 217-241.
Download as PDF Kenett*, Y., Betzel*, R. F., & Beaty, R. E. (2020). Community structure of the creative brain at rest. Neuroimage, 210, 116578.
Download as PDF Beaty*, R. E., Chen*, Q., Christensen, A. P.,Kenett, Y. N., Silvia, P. J., Benedek, M., & Schacter, D. L. (2020). Default network contributions to episodic and semantic processing during divergent thinking: A representational similarity analysis. Neuroimage, 209, 116499.
Download as PDF Hayn-Leichsenring*, G. U., Kenett*, Y. N., Schulz, K., & Chatterjee, A. (2020). Abstract art paintings, global image properties, and verbal descriptions: An empirical and computational investigation. Acta Psychologica
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2019

Stella, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2019). Viability in multiplex lexical networks and machine learning characterize human creativity. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 3(3), 45.
Download as PDF Wulff, D. U., De Deyne, S., Jones, M. N., Mata, R., & the Aging Lexicon Consortium (2019). New perspective on the aging lexicon. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(8), 686-698.
Download as PDF Siew, C. S. Q., Wulff, D., Beckage, N. M., & Kenett, Y. (2019). Cognitive Network Science: A review of research on cognition through the lens of network representations, processes, and dynamics. Complexity, 24.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., & Faust, M. (2019). A semantic network cartography of the creative mind. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(4), 274-276.
Download as PDF Gray, K., Anderson, S., Chen, E., Kelly, J. M., Christian, M., Patrick, J., Huang, L., Kenett, Y. N., & Lewis, K. (2019). Forward flow: A new measure to quantify free thought and predict creativity. American Psychologist, 74(5), 539-554.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N.(2019). What can quantitative measures of semantic distance tell us about creativity? Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 27, 11-16.
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2018

Kenett, Y. N., Beaty, R. E., & Medaglia, J. D. (2018). A computational network control theory analysis of depression symptoms. Personality Neuroscience, 1, E18.
Download as PDF Christensen, A. P., Kenett, Y. N., Cotter, K. N., Beaty, R. E., & Silvia, P. J. (2018). Remotely close associations: Openness to experience and semantic network structure. European Journal of Personality. 32, 480-492.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Gold, R. & Faust, M. (2018). Metaphor comprehension in low and high creative individuals. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:482.
Download as PDF Christensen*, A. P., Kenett*, Y. N., Aste, T.,Silvia, P. J., & Kwapil, T. R. (2018). Network structure of the short forms of the Wisconsin schizotypy scales-short forms: Examining psychometric network filtering approaches. Behavior Research Methods, 50(6), 2531-2550.
Download as PDF Kenett*, Y. N.,Medaglia*, J. D., Beaty, R. E., Chen, Q., Betzel, R. F., Thompson-Schill, S. L., & Qiu, J. (2018). Driving the brain towards creativity and intelligence: A network control theory analysis. Neuropsychologia, 118, 79-90.
Download as PDF Kenett*, Y. N., Levy*, O., Kenett, D. Y., Stanley, H. E., Faust, M., & Havlin, S. (2018). Flexibility of thought in high creative individuals represented by percolation analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(5), 867-872.
Download as PDF Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., Christensen, A. P., Rosenberg, M. D., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Fink, A. Qiu, J., Kwapil, T. R., Kane, M. J., & Silvia, P. J. (2018). Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(5), 1087-1092.
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2017

Kenett, Y. N., Levi, E., Anaki, D., & Faust, M. (2017). The semantic distance task: Quantifying semantic distance with semantic network path length. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 43(9), 1470-1489.
Download as PDF Benedek, M., Kenett, Y. N., Umdasch, K., Anaki, D., Faust, M., & Neubauer, A. (2017). How semantic memory structure and intelligence contribute to creative thought: A network science approach. Thinking & Reasoning, 23(2), 158-183.
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2016

Borodkin, K., Kenett, Y. N., Faust, M., & Mashal, N. (2016). When pumpkin is closer to onion than squash: The structure of the second language lexicon. Cognition, 156, 60-70.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Beaty, R. E., Silvia, P. J., Anaki, D., & Faust, M. (2016). Structure and flexibility: Investigating the relation between the structure of the mental lexicon, fluid intelligence and creative achievement. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 10(4), 377-388.
Download as PDF Beaty, R. E., Kaufman, S. B., Benedek, M., Jung, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., Jauk, E., Neubauer, A., & Silvia, P. J. (2016). Personality and complex brain networks: The role of openness to experience in default network efficiency. Human Brain Mapping, 37(2), 773-779.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Gold, R., & Faust, M. (2016). The hyper-modular associative mind: A computational analysis of associative responses of persons with Asperger syndrome. Language and Speech, 59(3), 297-317.
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2015

Shai, S., Kenett, D. Y., Kenett, Y. N., Faust, M., Dobson, S., & Havlin, S. (2015). Critical tipping point distinguishing two types of transitions in modular network structure. Physics Review E., 92(6).
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Anaki, D., & Faust, M. (2015). Processing of unconventional stimuli requires the recruitment of the non-specialized hemisphere. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9:32.
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2014

Faust, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2014). Rigidity, chaos and integration: Hemispheric interaction and individual differences in metaphoric comprehension. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:511.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., Anaki, D., & Faust, M. (2014). Investigating the structure of semantic networks in low and high creative persons. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8:407.
Download as PDF Faust-Socher, A., Kenett, Y. N., Cohen, O. S., Hassin-Baer, S. & Inzelberg, R. (2014). Enhanced creative thinking under dopaminergic treatment in Parkinson disease. Annals of Neurology, 75(6), 935-942.
Download as PDF Shai, S., Kenett, D. Y., Kenett, Y. N., Faust, M., Dobson, S., & Havlin, S. (2014). Resilience of complex modular networks. ArXiv preprint, arXiv:1404.4748.
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2013

Kenett, Y. N., Wechsler-Kashi, D., Kenett, D. Y., Ben-Jacob, E., Schwartz, R. G., & Faust, M. (2013). Semantic organization in children with Cochlear Implants: Computational analysis of verbal fluency. Frontiers in Psychological Science, 4(543).
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2011

Kenett, Y. N., Kenett, D. Y., Ben-Jacob, E., & Faust, M. (2011). Global and local features of semantic networks: Evidence from the Hebrew mental lexicon. PLoS ONE6(8): e23912.
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Book Chapters

Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Creatively searching through semantic memory structure: A short integrative review. In L. J. Ball and F. Vallée-Tourangea (Eds.). Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition (pp. 160-179). Abington, UK: Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324’9781003009351-13.

Humphries, S., Kenett, Y. N., & Chatterjee, A. (forthcoming). Curiosity, epistemic uncertainty, creativity, and aesthetics. In Boyle, G. J., (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience (pp. xx-xx). Sage.

Kenett, Y. (forthcoming). Assessing the role of associative abilities in creative thinking via behavioral, computational, and neuroscientific approaches. In S. Acar and M. Runco (Eds.), Handbook of Creativity Assessment (pp. xx-xx). Elgar.

Kenett, Y. N., & Chatterjee, A. (2022). The neuroscience of well-being: A general framework and its relation to humanistic flourishing. In J. O. Pawelski and L. Tay (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology on the Arts and Humanities: Theory and Research (pp. 129-139). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

Kenett, Y., & Faust, M. (2019). Clinical Cognitive Networks: A graph theory approach (pp. 136-165). In M. S. Vitevitch (Ed.), Network Science in Cognitive Science. New York, NY: Rutledge.

Kenett, Y. (2018). Investigating creativity from a semantic network perspective. In Kapoula, Z., Volle, E., Renoult, J., & Andreatta, M. (Eds.), Exploring Transdisciplinarity in Art and Science (pp. 49-75). Cham: Springer.

Kenett, Y. N.(2018). Going the extra creative mile: The role of semantic distance in creativity – theory, research, and measurement. In R. E. Jung & O. Vartanian (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity (pp. 233-248). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

De Deyne, S., Kenett, Y. N., Anaki, D., Faust, M., & Navarro, D. J. (2016). Large-scale network representations of semantics in the mental lexicon. In M. N. Jones (Ed.), Big Data in Cognitive Science: From Methods to Insights(pp. 174-202). New York, NY: Psychology Press: Taylor & Francis.


Conference Proceedings (* – equal contribution)

Bieth, T., Kenett, Y. N., Ovando-Tellez, M., Lacaux, C., Oudiette, D., & Volle, E. (2022). Restructuring problem-related semantic associations promotes solving success. In J. Culbertson, A. Prefors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3871). Toronto, CA: Cognitive Science society.

Malle, B. F., Austerweil, J. L., Chi, V. B., Kenett, Y. N., Beck, E. D., Thapa, S., & Allaham, M. M. (2021). Cognitive properties of norm representations. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Tesmar-Raible (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 819-826).

Kenett, Y. N., Baker, B., Hills, T. T., Hart, Y. & Beaty, R. E. (2021). Creative foraging: Examining relations between foraging styles, semantic memory structure, and creative thinking. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Tesmar-Raible (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 3198).

Ovan-Tellez, M., Kenett, Y. N., Benedek, M., & Volle, E. (2021). Brain connectivity-based prediction of semantic network properties related to creativity. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Tesmar-Raible (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 3427).

Kenett, Y., N., Castro, N., Karuza, E., & Vitevitch, M. S. (2019). Cognitive network science: Quantitatively investigating the complexity of cognition. In A. Goel, C. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41stAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 31-32). Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., & Hass, R. (2019). Fanning creative thought: Semantic richness impacts divergent thinking. In A. Goel, C. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41stAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 126-131). Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Bernard*, M., Kenett*, Y. N., Ovando-Tellez, M., Benedek, M., & Volle, E. (2019). Building individual semantic networks and exploring their relationship with creativity. In A. Goel, C. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41stAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 138-144). Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y., N.,Tompary, A. M., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2019). How the organization of autobiographical memory changes over time In A. Goel, C. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41stAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 3294). Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Sargent, M., LePage, A. D., Kenett, Y. N., & Matheson, H. (2019). The role of environment and body in divergent thinking tasks. In A. Goel, C. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 3527). Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y.N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2017). Dynamic effects of conceptual combination on semantic network structure. In G. Gunzeimann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrinck, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39thAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 657-662). London, UK: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Sarathy, V., Scheutz, M., Kenett, Y. N.,Allaham, M. M., Austerweil, J. L., & Malle, B. F. (2017). Mental representations and computational modelling of context-specific human norm systems. In G. Gunzeimann, A. Howes, T. Tenbrinck, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39thAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1035-1040). London, UK: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Kenett, Y. N., & Austerweil, J. L. (2016). Examining search processes in low and high creative individuals with random walks. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. C. Trueswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38thAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 313-318). Philadelphia, PA: Cognitive Science Society.
Download as PDF Zemla, J. C., Kenett, Y. N., Jun, K.-S., & Austerweil, J. L. (2016). U-INVITE: Estimating individual semantic networks from fluency data. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. C. Trueswell (Eds.). Proceedings of the 38thAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1907-1912). Philadelphia, PA: Cognitive Science Society.
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Posters

Raz, T., Reiter-Palmon, R., and Kenett, Y. N. (2023). The Role of Question Asking in Creativity. Download as PDF

Sasson, G. & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). A Mirror to Human Question Asking: Analyzing the Akinator Online Question Game. Download as PDF

Khoury, R., Amir, O., Kenett, Y. N., & Rafaeli, A. (2022). What can we learn by analyzing internal organizational communication? A data science analysis of slack. Poster presented at IsraHCI2022.

Bieth, T., Kenett, Y. N., Ovando-Tellez, M., Lopez-Persem, A., Lacaux, C., Oudiette, D., & Volle, E. (2022). Restructuring problem-related semantic associations promotes solving success. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Toronto, CA.

Wise, T., Samuel, G., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Sparking creativity: encouraging creative idea generation through automatically generated word recommendations. Poster presented at the UK Creativity Researchers London, UK.

 Rastelli, C., Greco, A., Finocchiaro, C. Kenett, Y. N., & De Pisapia, N. (2022). DeepDream altered perceptual phenomenology in VR facilitates cognitive flexibility. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity. Virtual meeting.

Christensen, A. P., Kenett, Y. N., Silvia, P. J., & Beaty, R. E. (2022). Humor production ability & semantic memory structure. Poster presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity. Virtual meeting.

Li, Y., Kenett, Y. N., Zhang, L., Cai, N., & Hu, W. (2022). Flexible scientific semantic memory structure supports the generation and selection of creative scientific questions. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience of Creativity. Online Conference.

Ovando-Tellez, M., Benedek, M., Kenett, Y. N., Hills, T. T., Bernard, M., Belo, Y., Belanger, B., Bieth, T., & Volle, E. (2022). An investigation of the cognitive and neural correlates of semantic memory search related to creative ability. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Virtual meeting.

Levav, R., Teodorescu, K., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). External and internal search: The effect of spatial search on semantic memory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Virtual meeting.

Gooz, N., Ackerman, R., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). The role of semantic distance in metacognitive originality judgments. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Virtual meeting.

Samuel, G., Stella, M., Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Predicting openness to experience via a multiplex cognitive network approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Virtual meeting.

Ezer, A., Rafaeli, A., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Investigating the core of curiosity: A graph theory analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Virtual meeting.

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