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  1. "I Know My Idea is Original!": Understanding Thinking about Creative Thinking in Kindergarteners

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  2. Exploring the Social Context of Self-directed Learning in the Contemporary Workplace

    Article • Human Affairs, March 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  3. Better Ideas, Less Effort: ChatGPT Is Changing Problem-Solving, But With Caveats

    Article • Computers & Education, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  4. Investigating the relationship between need satisfaction and creative performance: Intrinsically motivated students value creativity.

    Article • Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, February 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Kamila Urban, Dr. Marek Urban

  5. Writing Creatively: The Role of Motivation and Metacognition in Solving Real-World Problems

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, January 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  6. Unlocking Creativity: How Understanding Your Own Thinking Boosts Your Creative Powers

    Article • Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, December 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  7. Getting in Sync: What Creative Teams Can Learn from The Beatles' Collaboration

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, November 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  8. Mastering Creativity: Ready to Measure Your Thinking in Innovative Problem Solving?

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  9. ChatGPT Improves Creative Problem-Solving Performance in University Students: An Experimental Study

    Article • June 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  10. Unlocking the Secrets to Early Literacy Success

    Article • March 2023, Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  11. How can we measure metacognition in creative problem-solving? Standardization of the MCPS scale

    Article • February 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  12. Parental Interference in Offspring’s Mate Choice: Sets of Actions and Counteractions Based on Both Perspectives

    Article • Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  13. Do We Need Metacognition for Creativity? A Necessary Condition Analysis of Creative Metacognition

    Article • February 2023, Center for Open Science

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  14. Boosting Kids' Reading Skills: A Simple Teacher Training Approach That Works

    Article • Metacognition and Learning, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  15. Orientation Toward Intrinsic Motivation Mediates the Relationship Between Metacognition and Creativity

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, July 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  16. Early literacy curriculum and its journey to kindergarten classroom

    Article • Human Affairs, April 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  17. Thinking Smarter, Not Harder: How Understanding Your Thinking Drives Learning and Creativity

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  18. Preschool Picassos to University Underestimators: Are We Really As Creative As We Think?

    Article • The Journal of Creative Behavior, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  19. Motivation and personality traits in adult learners

    Article • Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, March 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  20. Anchoring effect of performance feedback on accuracy of metacognitive monitoring in preschool children

    Article • Europe’s Journal of Psychology, February 2021, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  21. Development of early literacy skills: A Comparison of two early literacy programmes

    Article • Journal of Pedagogy / Pedagogický casopis, December 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  22. Experience and awareness of upper secondary school students with career counselling in Czech Republic

    Article • April 2020, Latvia University of Agriculture

    Dr. Kamila Urban

  23. Artificial, cheap, fake: Free associations as a research method for outdoor billboard advertising and visual pollution

    Article • Human Affairs, April 2020, De Gruyter

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  24. Effects of performance feedback and repeated experience on self-evaluation accuracy in high- and low-performing preschool children

    Article • European Journal of Psychology of Education, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban

  25. Influence of Fluid Intelligence on Accuracy of Metacognitive Monitoring in Preschool Children Fades with the Calibration Feedback

    Article • Studia Psychologica, January 2018, Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Marek Urban, Dr. Kamila Urban