ABOUT US
The Creative Research Lab (CRL) is located within Forbes Hall in the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, at Christopher Newport University. Directed by Dr. Gayle T Dow, our team of researchers conduct empirical research on creativity and related topics (malevolent creativity, innovation, problem solving gifted education)
Currently we have two main areas of focus:
1) methods to increase creativity which include insight, problem solving training, and the impact of art and music programs on divergent thinking;
2) the dark side of creativity which includes malevolent creativity, cryptomnesia of creative ideas, and schadenfreude.
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Gayle T Dow is an associate psychology professor at Christopher Newport University. She holds a PhD in educational psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington, a Master's in cognitive and perceptual sciences from University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master's in experimental psychology and a bachelors degree both from California State University, Fullerton, and an
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Associates degree from Saddleback College. She has published empirical articles in the Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Creativity Research Journal, and others. She teaches courses in experimental design, statistics, educational psychology, cognitive psychology, and specialty topics of creative and critical thinking and the science of evil.
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