The following articles are meant for academic purposes only. All Rights are reserved to the authors and the publishers.
Raz+, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Questions in information seeking: A primer. PsyArxiv.
Kenett*, Y. N., Chrysikou*, E. G., Bassett, D. S., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2024). Neural dynamics during the generation and evaluation of creative and non-creative ideas. bioRxiv.
Raz*,+, T., Luchini*, S., Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Automated scoring of question complexity: A large language model approach. Research Square.
Ovando Tellez, M., Kenett, Y. N., Benedek, M., Hills, T. T., Beranger, B., Lopez-Perseem, A.,Bieth, T., & Volle, E. (2024). Switching, fast and slow: Deciphering the dynamics of memory search, its brain connectivity patterns, and its role in creativity, Research Square.
Kenett, Y. N., & Thompson-Schill, S. L. (2020). Novel conceptual combinations can dynamically reconfigure semantic memory networks. PsyArxiv.
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals (* – equal contribution, + – student)
in press
Kenett, Y. N., Siew, C. S. Q., & Vitevitch, M. S. (in press). Networks in Psychology. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Luchini, S., Moosa, M., Patterson, J. D., Johnson, D., Baas, M., Barbot, B., Bashmakova, I., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Corazza, G., Forthmann, B., Goecke, B., Ibrahim, S., Karwowski, M., Kenett, Y. N., Lebuda, I., Lubart, T., Miroshnik, K., Obialo, F. K., Ovando-Tellez, M., Primi, R., Puente, R., Stevenson, C., Volle, E., Zielinska, A., van Heil, J., Yin, W., & Beaty, R. E. (in press). Automated assessment of creativity in multilingual narratives. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
2025
He*, L., Kenett*, Y. N., Zhuang*, K., Sun, J., Qunlin, C., & Qiu, J. (2025). The effect of hub concepts in semantic networks on creative thinking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(2), 391-404.
Hills, T. T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2025). An entropy modulation theory of creative exploration. Psychological Review, 132(1), 239-251.
Chen*, Q., Kenett*, Y. N., Cui, Z., Takeuchi, H., Fink, A., Benedek, M., Zeitlen, D. Z., Zhuang, K., Lloyd-Cox, J., Qiu, J. & Beaty, R. E. (2025). Dynamic switching between brain networks predicts creative ability. Communications Biology, 8(1), 64.
Cosgrove, A. L., Diaz, M. T., DiStefano, P. V., Kenett, Y. N., & Beaty, R. E. (2025). Associative thinking and creative ability in older adulthood. Creativity Research Journal, 1-14.
2024
Baror, S., Aminoff, E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Spontaneous associative thought may facilitate scene-gist memory via implicit scene-labeling. Memory & Cognition.
Stella, M., Citrao, S., Rossetti, G., Marinazzo, D., Kenett, Y. N., & Vitevitch, M. S. (2024). Cognitive modeling of concepts in the mental lexicon with multilayer networks: Insights, advancements, and future challenges. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 31(5), 1981-2004.
Bartoli, E., Dewara, E., Dang, H. Q., Rabinovich, R., Mathura, R. K., Anand, A., Pascuzzi, B. R., Adkinson, J., Kenett, Y. N., Bijanki, K. R., Sheth, S. A., & Shofty, B. (2024). Default mode network electrophysiological dynamics and causal role in creative thinking. Brain, 147(10), 3409-3425.
Chen*, Q., Ding*,+, K., Chen, Z., Yang, Y., Yu, R., Kenett, Y. N., & Qiu, J. (2024). Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on creative thinking: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
Kelly, A. E., Kenett, Y. N., Medaglia, J. D., Reilly, J., Dudhat, P., & Chrysikou, E. G. (2024). Conceptual structure of emotions. Emotion, 24(6), 1550-1561.
Green, A. E., Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., & Kaufman, J. C. (2024). The process definition of creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 36(3), 544-572.
Raz+, T., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Kenett, N. (2024). Open and close-ended problem solving in humans and AI: The influence of question asking complexity. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 53, 101598.
Wise+, T. A., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Sparking creativity: Encouraging creative idea generation through automatically generated word recommendations. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 7939-7962.
Zioga, I., Kenett, Y. N., Giannopoulos, A., & Luft, C. D. B. (2024). The role of alpha oscillations on free- and goal-directed remote semantic associations. Human Brain Mapping, 45(10), e26770.
Herauit, C., Ovando-Tellez, M., Lebuda, I., Kenett, Y. N., Beranger, B., Benedek, M., & Volle, E. (2024). Creative connections: Neuronal correlates of semantic relatedness are associated with creativity. Communications Biology, 7(1),
Sasson-Lazovsky+, G., Raz+, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). The art of creative inquiry – from question-asking to prompt engineering. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 1-16.
Bieth, T., Kenett, Y. N., Ovando-Tellez, M., Lopez-Persem, A., Lacaux, C., Scuccimarra, M., Maye, I., Sénéchal, J., Oudiette, D., & Volle, E. (2024). Changes in semantic memory structure supports successful problem solving and analogical transfer. Communications Psychology, 2(1), 64.
Luchini, S., Wang, S., Kenett, Y. N., & Beaty, R. E. (2024). Mapping the memory structure of high-knowledge students: A longitudinal semantic network analysis. Journal of Intelligence, 12, 56.
Ding+, K., He, R., Wang, X., Chen, Q., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Recognizing ideas generated in a creative task: The roles of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex in facilitating self-generated learning. Cerebral Cortex, 34(5), bhae219.
Teles, M., Moore, I., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). How retrieval process mechanisms change with age: Exploring individual differences in free recall. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Li, Y., Beaty, R. E., Luchini, S., Hu, W., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). The role of semantic memory networks in crystallized intelligence and creative thinking ability. Learning and Individual Differences, 111, 102426.
Kenett, Y. N. (2024). The role of knowledge in creative thinking. Creativity Research Journal, 1-8. Most read article in Creativity Research Journal in 2024.
Holyst, J. A., Mayr, P., Thelwall, M., Frommohlz, I., Havlin, S., Sela, A., Kenett, Y. N., Helie, D., Rehar, A., Macek, S. R., Kazienko, P., Kajdanowicz, T., Biecek, P., Szymanski, B. K., & Sienkiewicz, J. (2024). Protect our environment from information overload. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 402-403.
Raz+, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Question asking as a mechanism that facilitates seeking of information. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47(e89), 54-56.
2023
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.
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.
Kenett, Y. N., & Ackerman, R. (2023). Creative metacognition: A much needed bridge between meta-reasoning and creativity. Physics of Life Reviews, 47, 162-164.
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.
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.
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.
Kenett, Y. N., & Beaty, R. E. (2023). On semantic structures and processes in creative thinking. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(11), 979-980. 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. (2023). Multilingual semantic distance: Automatic verbal creativity assessment in many languages. Psychology of Aesthetics, creativity, and the Arts, 17(4), 495-507.
Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Associative thinking at the core of creativity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(7), 671-683.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 48, 1012777.
Reilly, J., Finley, A. M., Litovsky, C., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Bigram semantic distance as an index of continuous semantic flow in natural language: Theory, tools, applications Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(9), 2578-2590.
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, 35(3), 522-546.
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, 35(3), 455-470.
Benedek, M., Beaty, R. E., Schacter, D., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). The role of memory in creative ideation. Nature Reviews Psychology, 2(4), 246-257.
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.
Sasson+, G., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). A mirror to human question asking: Analyzing the Akinator online question game. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 7(1), 26.
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, 35(3), 412-426. Most read article in Creativity Research Journal in 2023.
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, 38(2), 87-102.
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.
2022
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.
Fernande-Fontecha, A., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Examining the relations between semantic memory structure and creativity in second language. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 45, 101067.
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.
Stella, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2022). Knowledge modelling and learning through cognitive networks. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 6, 53.
Litovsky, C. P., Finley, A. M., Zuckerman, B., Sayers, M., Schoenhard, J. A., Kenett, Y. N., & Reilly, J. (2022). Semantic flow and its relation to controlled semantic retrieval deficits in the narrative production of people with aphasia. Neuropsychologia, 170, 108235.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Download as PDF
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. (2020). 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
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
Download as PDF
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.
Download as PDF
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.
Download as PDF
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.
Download as PDF
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.
Download as PDF
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.
Download as PDF
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
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).
Download as PDF
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.
Download as PDF
Book Chapters
Ding+, K., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Creativity enhancement: A primer. In A. K. Barbey (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Enhancement and Brain Plasticity (pp. xx-xx). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Kenett, Y. N. (2024). 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. 180-196). Elgar.
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, + – student)
Sasson-Lazovsky+, G., Cook, B., Pnueli, V., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Spot the spy: Exploring natural question-asking in gaming environments. In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A.Mackey, & E. Hazeltine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. XX). Rotterdam, Holland: Cognitive Science Society.
Raz*,+, T., Luchini*, S., Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Bridging the measurement gap: An NLP method for automatically assessing question complexity. In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M.Toneva, A. Mackey, & E. Hazeltine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. XX). Rotterdam, Holland: Cognitive Science Society.
Kumar, A. A., Siew, C. S. Q., Todd, P. M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Dynamics of memory search. In L. K. Samuelson, S. Frank, M. Toneva, A. Mackey, & E. Hazeltine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. XX). Rotterdam, Holland: Cognitive
Science Society.
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.
Download as PDF
Skurnik+, A., Ackerman, R., & Kenett, Y. N. (2025). Creative evaluation and semantic memory structure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Akko, Israel. Download as PDF
Perry, M., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Laughing across the bridge: The role of the associative gap in humor appreciation. Poster presented at the MIC conference 2024. Sardinia, Italy. Download as PDF
Sasson-Lazovsky+, G., Cook, B., Pnueli, V., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Spot the spy: Exploring natural question-asking in gaming environments. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Rotterdam, Holland. Download as PDF
Raz*,+, T., Luchini*, S., Beaty, R. E., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Bridging the measurement gap: An NLP method for automatically assessing question complexity. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Rotterdam, Holland. Download as PDF
Ding+, K., Chen, Q., Wang, X., He, R., Liu, L., Qiu, J., & Kenett, Y. N. (2024). Recognizing ideas generated in a creative task: The role of schema guided learning enabled by congruency-dependent MTL-mPFC interaction. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience of Creativity. Toronto, Canada. Download as PDF
Chen*, Q., Ding*,+, K., Chen, Z., Yang, Y., Yu, R., Kenett, Y. N., & Qiu, J. (2024). Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on creative thinking: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience of Creativity. Toronto, Canada. Download as PDF
Raz, T., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). The role of question asking in creative thinking. Poster presented at the 2023 American Psychological Association Convention. Washington DC, USA. Download as PDF
Wise, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Encouraging creative idea generation through automatically generated word recommendations in novice and expert writers. Poster presented at the 8th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity. San Francisco, CA USA.
Kreisberg Nitzav, A., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Highly creative artists exhibit a richer mental lexicon structure: Findings from the Big-C project. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Akko, Israel.
Raz, T., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Question asking and creativity – the effect of question level. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Akko, Israel.
Wise, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Sparking creativity: Encouraging creative idea generation through automatically generated word recommendations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Akko, Israel.
Sasson, G., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). A mirror to human question asking: analyzing the akinator online question game. . Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology. Akko, Israel. Download as PDF
Wise, T., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). Sparking creativity: Encouraging creative idea generation through automatically generated word recommendations. Talk given at the 1st Technion Behavioral Data Science symposium. Haifa, Israel.
Sasson, G., & Kenett, Y. N. (2023). A mirror to human question asking: analyzing the akinator online question game. Poster presented at the 1st Technion Behavioral Data Science symposium. Haifa, Israel.
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.
Quick Menu
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals