Research Areas

1. Smith, A.P., Bellaiche, L. (equal contribution), Christensen, A., Williams, C., Schooler, J., Beaty, R., Chatterjee, A., Seli., P. Back to the  Basics: Abstract painting as an index of creativity. Creativity  Research Journal (in review).  

2. Simmons, C., McKee, P., Antonios, I., Smith, A.P. , & Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2022). Bad dream frequency predicts mental health needs during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports.

3.  Smith, A. P., Brosowsky, N., Murray, S., Daniel, R., Meier, M., & Seli, P. (2022). Fixation, Flexibility, and Creativity: The Dynamics of Mind Wandering. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.  

4. Granger, S. J., Colon‐Perez, L., Larson, M. S., Phelan, M., Keator, D. B., Janecek, J. T., Sathishkumar, M.T., Smith, A.P., … & Yassa, M. A. (2022). Hippocampal dentate gyrus integrity revealed with ultrahigh resolution diffusion imaging predicts memory performance in older adults. Hippocampus, 32(9), 627-638. 

5. O’Neill, K., Smith, A. P., Smilek, D., & Seli, P. (2021). Dissociating the freely-moving thought dimension of mind-wandering from the intentionality and task-unrelated thought dimensions. Psychological Research.

6. Gross, M., Smith, A. P., Graveline, Y., Beaty, R., Seli, P., & Schooler, J. (2020). Comparing the phenomenological qualities of mind wandering, dreams, and stimulus-dependent thought using experience sampling. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

7. Galotti, K. M., Schneekloth, M. J., Smith, A. P., Bou Mansour, C., & Nixon, A.L. (2018). Ways of Knowing and Appraisal of Intellectual Activities. American Journal of Psychology.