ADHD symptom magnitude predicts creative problem-solving performance and insight versus analysis solving modes

Hannah Maisano

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2026.113660

ADHD symptom magnitude predicts creative problem-solving performance and insight versus analysis solving modes

2026-01-15

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Hannah Maisano

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Christine Chesebrough

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Fengqing Zhang

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Brian Daly

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Mark Beeman

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John Kounios

DOI：10.1016/j.paid.2026.113660

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• Anecdotal observation suggests that people with ADHD are more creative than average. • Previous tests of this hypothesis have yielded weak, inconsistent results. • We found that strong ADHD symptoms are associated with problem-solving with creative insight. • Subjects with very strong or weak symptoms solved more problems than intermediate subjects.

ADHD symptom magnitude predicts creative problem-solving performance and insight versus analysis solving modes

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