Katherine N. Cotter

There are 4 included publications by Katherine N. Cotter :

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Creative fixation is no laughing matter: The effects of funny and unfunny examples on humor production 2018 1415 How do people come up with humorous ideas? In creative cognition research, exposure to good examples sometimes causes fixation (people get “stuck” on the examples) but other times sparks inspiration (people's responses are more creative). The present...
Mental control of musical imagery: combining behavioral and experience-sampling approaches 2020 265 Mental control of musical imagery is a complex, but understudied, process that consists of two components: initiation—whether the musical imagery experience began voluntarily or involuntarily—and management—whether instances of control occur after th...
Understanding inner music: a dimensional approach to musical imagery 2017 1792 Inner music—hearing music inside your head that isn’t playing in the environment—is a common experience that takes many forms. Research on inner music, however, has primarily emphasized instances of involuntary, aversive musical imagery, such as “ear...
Understanding inner music: A dimensional approach to musical imagery 2018 1821 Musical imagery—hearing music inside your head that isn’t playing in the environment—is a common yet complex experience. To capture the diversity of musical imagery, the present research develops a new conceptual framework consisting of five dimensio...