Publications

Ball, L. J., Onarheim, B. & Christensen, B. T. (2010), Design Requirements, Epistemic Uncertainty and Solution Development Strategies in Software Design. Design Studies vol. 31, 567-589.

Christensen, B. T. (2010), Images of users and products shown during product design increase users' willingness-to-use the innovation. AIEDAM, vol 24, pp 179-189.

Ahmed, S. & Christensen, B. T. (2009), A real-world study of analogical reasoning in novice and experienced design engineers. Journal of Mechanical Design, vol 131, pp. 32-41.

Christensen, B. T. & Schunn, C. D. (2009), The role and impact of mental simulation in design. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 327-344.

Christensen, B. T. & Schunn, C. D. (2009), Putting blinkers on a blind man. Providing cognitive support for creative processes with environmental cues. In A. Markman  & K. Wood (ed.) Tools for Innovation. Oxford University Press.

Ball, L. & Christensen, B. T. (2009), Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design: Two strategies linked to uncertainty resolution. Design Studies, 30(2), 169-186. *Awarded the 2009 Design Studies Award for best paper published in Design Studies in 2009.

Ball, L. & Christensen, B. T. (2009), Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design: Two strategies linked to uncertainty resolution. In J. McDonnell, and P. Lloyd (eds.) Designing. Analysing design meetings. London: Taylor & Francis.

Christensen, B. T. (2008), Creativity, cognition and the market. In K. Tollin & A. Caru (eds.) Strategic Market Creation. John Wiley and Sons.

Christensen, B. T. (in press), The science of enhancing creativity by taking a break: Problematic assumptions in incubation effect studies. In T. Kristensen, M. Lorenzen, J. Strandgaard Pedersen & L. Skov (eds.), Encounters of Culture and Economy: Creative Actors, Creative Industries and Creative Spaces.

Christensen, B. T. (2008), Kreativitet og videnskaben om at holde en pause. Problematiske antagelser bag studiet af inkubationseffekter. In M. Lorenzen, T. Kristensen, L. Skov og J. Strandgaard Pedersen (eds.), Når oplevelser møder økonomi. Kreative virksomheder, brancher og steder. Århus: Klim.

Christensen, B.T. & Schunn, C. D. (2007), The relationship of analogical distance to analogical function and pre-inventive structure: The case of engineering design. Memory & Cognition 35(1), 29-38.

Christensen, B. T. & Jönsson, T. (accepted), How can participation in decision making enhance creativity in work groups? In H. J. Jeppesen, T. Jönsson, J. Mammen, and T. Rasmussen (eds.) Dynamics of participation in work organizations (working title).

Christensen, B. T. (2005), Creative cognition: Analogy and incubation, vol. 2005:1. Århus Universitet: Psykologisk PhD-skriftserie. [PDF 2054kb]

Christensen, B. T. & Schunn, C. D. (2005), Spontaneous access and analogical incubation effects. Creativity Research Journal, 17(2), 207-220.

Christensen, B. T. (2002), The Creative Process and Reality: An analysis of search and cognition in the creative process and a call for an ecological cognitive framework for creativity research. Aarhus, Denmark: Psykologisk studieskriftserie.
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Manuscripts under Review

Christensen, B. T., Kristensen, T. & Reber, R. Contributions of judged creativity and perceived beauty on willingness-to-pay for consumer products.

Conference proceedings

Ball, L. J., Onarheim, B. & Christensen, B. T. (2010), Design Requirements, Epistemic Uncertainty and Solution Development Strategies in Software Design. Proceedings from Studying Professional Software Design workshop. Irvine, California, USA.

Wiltschnig, S., Onarheim, B. & Christensen, B. T. (2010), Shared Insights in Design Processes - A discussion of in-vivo evidence in and beyond existing creativity framework. First International Conference on Design Creativity, ICDC2010, Kobe, Japan.

Reber, R., Christensen, B. T. & Meier, B. (2010) Judgments of Size Depend on Amount of Information. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and decision Making. St. Louis, USA

Ahmed, S. & Christensen, B. T. (2008), Use of analogies by novice and experienced design engineers.Proceedings of IDETC/CIE 2008, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 03-06, 2008, New York City, New York, USA.

Ball, L. & Christensen, B. T. (2007), Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design: Two strategies linked to uncertainty resolution. Design Thinking research Symposium 7: Design meeting protocols, September 2007, London.

Christensen, B. T. (2005), A methodology for examining design cognition in the real-world. Paper presented at First Nordic Design Research Conference, Copenhagen, May 2005. [PDF 82kb]

Christensen, B. T. & Schunn, C. D. (2003), Returning to unsolved creative problems. Proceedings from the 25th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA: CogSci.

Bachelor's thesis

Christensen, B. T. (1998). Muligheden og umuligheden af kreativitet og fantasi i virksomhedsteorien.[PDF 430kb]

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