Papers and Projects

In Progress
Merseal, H. M., Patterson, J. D., Agnoli, S., Benedek, M., Chen, Q., Corazza, G. E., Forthmann, B., Karwowski, M., Kenett, Y. N., Miroshnik, K., Ovando-Tellez, M., Puente, R., Said-Metwaly, S., Volle, E., van Hell, J. G., & Beaty, R. E. (In prep). Automated creativity assessment around the world: Validating semantic distance across multiple languages.
Merseal, H. M., Link, A. Korenar, M., Beaty, R. E., & van Hell, J. G. (In prep). Linking semantic network structure to creativity 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., 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., Luchini, S., Kenett, Y. N., Knudsen, K., Bilder, R. M., & Beaty, R. E. (Under review). Free association ability distinguishes highly creative artists from scientists: Findings from the Big C Project.
Merseal, H. M., Frieler, K., Weiss, D. J., & Beaty, R. E. (Under review). It don’t mean a thing (If it ain’t sequencing): Temporal constraints on melodic sequencing in jazz improvisation.
Publications
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.