Creativity within a military setting: assessing the utility of an existing military visual aid to facilitate military deception amongst a civilian population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Deception can function as a useful tool for any military figure. Historic examples demonstrate that deception facilitates success by corralling an adversary into failure. Traits such as creativity and imagination are considered of central importance to devising useful and effective deceptive ideas. In lieu of being naturally creative/imaginative, visual aids highlighting core military deception principles could offset these shortcomings. This study assessed whether an existing military deception visual aid improved the number, usefulness, and originality of deceptive ideas amongst a civilian population.

Methods

An independent samples design comprising 80 participants (44 female) were equally assigned to an experimental (with aid) or control (without aid) group.

SUBMITTER: O'Malley CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12510928 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature