Publications
2026
Orwig, W. , Beaty, R.E. (2026). How LLMs see creativity: Zero-shot scoring of visual creativity with interpretable reasoning. arXiv. PDF
Orwig, W. , Li, V., Stowe, C., & Schacter, D. L. (2026). The roles of memory and imagination in evaluating usefulness of novel ideas. Journal of Creative Behavior. PDF
Orwig, W., Bellaiche, L., Spooner, S., Vo, A., Baig, Z., Ragnhildstveit, A., Schacter, D. L., Barr, N., & Seli, P. (2026). Using AI to generate visual art: Do individual differences in creativity predict AI-assisted art quality? Creativity Research Journal. PDF
2025
Orwig, W. , Luchini, S. A., Beaty, R. E., & Schacter, D. L. (2025). A 'sweet spot' for creative ideation: Non-linear associations between semantic distance and creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior. PDF
Orwig, W., Beaty, R. E., Benedek, M., & Schacter, D. L. (2025). Creative evaluations: The role of memory in novelty & effectiveness judgements. Creativity Research Journal. PDF
Seli, P., Ragnhildstveit, A., Orwig, W., Bellaiche, L., Spooner, S., & Barr, N. (2025). Beyond the brush: Human versus AI creativity in the realm of generative art. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. PDF
2024
Orwig, W., Edenbaum, E., Greene, J. D., & Schacter, D. L. (2024). The language of creativity: Evidence from humans and large language models. Journal of Creative Behavior. PDF | Media
Orwig, W., Diez, I., Bueichekú, E.,Pedale, T., Parente, F., Campolongo, P., Schacter, D. L., Sepulcre, J., & Santangelo, V. (2024). Cortical hubs of highly superior autobiographical memory. Cortex. PDF
Orwig, W. & Schacter, D. L. (2024). Characterizing features of creative writing in older adults. The Journal of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences. PDF
Diez, I., Ortiz-Terán, L., Ng, T. S. C., Albers, M. W., Marshall, G., Orwig, W., Kim, C. M., Bueicheku, E., Montal, V., Olofsson, J., Vannini, P., El-Fahkri, G., Sperling, R., Johnson, K., Jacobs, H. I. L, & Sepulcre, J. (2024). Tau propagation in the brain olfactory circuits contributes to smell perception changes in aging. Nature Communications. PDF
2023
Orwig, W., Setton, R., Diez, I., Bueichekú, E., Meyer, M. L., Tamir, D. I., Sepulcre, J., & Schacter, D. L. (2023).Creativity at rest: Exploring functional network connectivity of creative experts. Network Neuroscience. PDF
Orwig, W., Diez, I., Bueichekú, E., Kelly, C. A., Sepulcre, J., & Schacter, D. L. (2023). Intentionality of self-generated thought: Contributions of mind wandering to creativity. Creativity Research Journal. PDF | Media
2022
*Daviddi, S., *Orwig, W., Palmiero, M., Campolongo, P., Schacter, D. L., & Santangelo, V. (2022). Individuals with highly superior autobiographical memory do not show enhanced creative thinking. Memory. PDF
Ballance, B. C., Tuen, Y. J., Petrucci, A. S., Orwig, W., Safi, O. K., Madan, C. R., & Palombo, D. J. (2022). Imagining emotional events benefits future-oriented decisions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. PDF
Montal, V., Diez, I., Kim, C. M., Orwig, W., Bueichekú, E., Gutiérrez-Zúñiga, R., Bejanin, A., Pegueroles, J., Dols-Icardo, O., Vannini, P., El-Fakhri, G., Johnson, K. A., Sperling, R. A., Fortea, J., & Sepulcre, J. (2022). Network Tau spreading is vulnerable to the expression gradients of APOE and glutamatergic-related genes. Science Translational Medicine. PDF
Gutiérrez-Zúñiga, R., Diez, I., Bueichekú, E., Kim, C. M., Orwig, W., Montal, V., Fuentes, B., Díez-Tejedor, E., Fernández, M. G., & Sepulcre, J. (2022). Connectomic-genetic signature in cerebral small vessel disease. Neurobiology of Disease. PDF
2021
Orwig, W., Diez, I., Vannini, P., Beaty, R., & Sepulcre, J. (2021). Creative connections: Computational semantic distance captures individual creativity and resting-state functional connectivity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF
Orwig, W., Diez, I., Bueichekú, E., Vannini, P., Beaty, R., & Sepulcre, J. (2021). Cortical networks of creative ability trace gene expression profiles of synaptic plasticity in the human brain. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. PDF
Kim, C. M., Montal, V., Diez, I., Orwig, W., Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), & Sepulcre, J. (2021). Network interdigitations of Tau and Amyloid-Beta deposits define cognitive levels in aging. Human Brain Mapping. PDF
Bueichekú, E., Gonzalez-de-Echavarri, J. M., Ortiz-Teran, L., Montal, V., d'Oleire Uquillas, F., De Marcos, L., Orwig, W., Kim, C. M., Ortiz-Teran, E., Basaia, S., Diez, I., & Sepulcre, J. (2021) Divergent connectomic organization delineates genetic evolutionary traits in the human brain. Scientific Reports. PDF