Exploring the neural correlates of visual creativity

• Published in: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 475 - 480
• Main Authors: Aziz-Zadeh, Lisa, Liew, Sook-Lei, Dandekar, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brain Mapping - methods; Creativity; Female; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Original; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; Thinking - physiology; Young Adult; hemispheres; fMRI; art; creativity; laterality

Although creativity has been called the most important of all human resources, its neural basis is still unclear. In the current study, we used fMRI to measure neural activity in participants solving a visuospatial creativity problem that involves divergent thinking and has been considered a canonic...