Evidence that cross-domain re-interpretations of creative ideas are recognizable.

Apara Ranjan, Liane Gabora, Brian Brian O Connor

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    Abstract

    The goal of this study was to investigate the translate-ability of creative works into other domains. We tested whether people were able to recognize which works of art were inspired by which piece of music. Three expert painters created four paintings, each of which was the artist's interpretation of one of four different pieces of instrumental music. Participants were able to identify which paintings were inspired by which pieces of music at significantly above-chance levels. The findings support the hypothesis that creative ideas can exist in an at least somewhat domain-independent state of potentiality and become more well-defined as they are actualized in accordance with the constraints of a particular domain.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCreativity and (Early) Cognitive Development
    Subtitle of host publicationPapers from the 2013 AAAI Spring Symposium
    PublisherAAAI Press
    Pages51-56
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Print)978-1-57735-599-1
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    Event2013 AAAI Spring Symposium: Creativity and Cognitive Development: A perspective from Artificial Creativity, Developmental Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics - Palo Alto, United States
    Duration: 25 Mar 201327 Mar 2013

    Conference

    Conference2013 AAAI Spring Symposium: Creativity and Cognitive Development: A perspective from Artificial Creativity, Developmental Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityPalo Alto
    Period25/03/1327/03/13

    Bibliographical note

    Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposium. (Creativity and Cognitive Development: A perspective from Artificial Creativity, Developmental Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics.) Stanford University, March 25-27. AAAI Press.

    Keywords

    • domain, creativity

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