Papers and Projects

In Progress and Under Review
Merseal, H. M., Link, A., Beaty, R. E., & van Hell, J. G. (In prep). Validating semantic distance scoring for automated creativity assessment in Spanish.
Merseal, H. M., Link, A., Korenar, M., van Hell, J. G., & Beaty, R. E. (In prep). Differences in semantic memory structure and divergent thinking ability in codeswitching bilinguals.
Beaty, R. E., Cortes, R. A., Merseal, H. M., Hardiman, M., & Green, A. (In prep). Brain network functional connectivity supporting scientific creative thinking.
Merseal, H. M., Beaty, R. E., & Frieler, K. (In prep). Using corpora to build a more robust music psychology.
Merseal, H. M., Patterson, J. D., Johnson, D. R., Agnoli, S., Baas, M., Baker, B. S., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Corazza, G. E., Forthmann, B., Karwowski, M., Kreisberk-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 prep). Multilingual AUT Repository for Automatic Verbal Creativity Assessment. OSF available here, manuscript forthcoming.
Patterson, J. D., Merseal, H. M., Johnson, D. R., Agnoli, S., Baas, M., Baker, B. S., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Corazza, G. E., Forthmann, B., Karwowski, M., Kreisberk-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. (Under review). Multilingual Semantic Distance: Automatic Verbal Creativity Assessment in Many Languages.
Merseal, H. M., Beaty, R. E., Kenett, Y. N., Lloyd-Cox, J., de Manzano, Ö, & Norgaard, M. (Under review). Representing melodic relationships using network science. Preprint available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=4124961
Merseal, H. M., Frieler, K., Weiss, D. J., & Beaty, R. E. (Under review). Temporal constraints on melodic sequencing in jazz improvisation.
Publications
Merseal, H. M., Luchini, S., Kenett, Y. N., Knudsen, K., Bilder, R. M., & Beaty, R. E. (2022, in press). Free association ability distinguishes highly creative artists from scientists: Findings from the Big C Project. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
Merseal, H. M., Cortes, R. A., Cotter, K. N., & Beaty, R. E. (2022). Recent advances in applied creativity science: Introduction to a special issue. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 8(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000331
Beaty, R. E., Merseal, H. M., & Zeitlen, D. C. (2022, in press). Network neuroscience of domain-general and domain-specific creativity. In L. J. Ball & F. Vallée-Tourangeau (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition. Taylor & Francis.
Beaty, R. E., Frieler, K., Norgaard, M., Merseal, H. M., MacDonald, M. C., & Weiss, D. J. (2021). Musical improvisations of expert musicians contain sequencing biases seen in language production. Journal of Experimental Psychology, General, 151(4), 912–920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001107
Hickey, P., Merseal, H. M., Patel, A. D., and Race, E. (2020). Memory in time: Neural tracking of low-frequency rhythm dynamically modulates memory formation. NeuroImage, 213, 116693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116693.
Merseal, H. M. (2019). Be still in haste, for small orchestra. Score and parts available here.