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Brain Areas Subserving Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: An Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
- Source :
- Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background and purpose Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) is a well-known and commonly used measure of creativity. However, the TTCT-induced creative hemodynamic brain activity is rarely revealed. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the neural correlates of creative thinking in the setting of a modified version of the figural TTCT adapted for an functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment. Methods We designed a blocked fMRI experiment. Twenty-five participants (11 males, 14 females, mean age 19.9±1.8) were asked to complete the partially presented line drawing of the figural TTCT (creative drawing imagery; creative). As a control condition, subjects were asked to keep tracking the line on the screen (line tracking; control). Results Compared to the control condition, creative condition revealed greater activation in the distributed and bilateral brain regions including the left anterior cingulate, bilateral frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital regions as shown in the previous creativity studies. Conclusions The present revealed the neural basis underlying the figural TTCT using fMRI, providing an evidence of brain areas encompassing the figural TTCT. Considering the significance of a creativity test for dementia patients, the neural correlates of TTCT elucidated by this study may be valuable to evaluate the brain function of patients in the clinical field.
- Subjects :
- Neural correlates of consciousness
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Brain activity and meditation
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05 social sciences
Torrance tests of creative thinking
Mean age
Magnetic resonance imaging
Creativity
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050105 experimental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Dementia
magnetic resonance imaging
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Original Article
Psychology
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
creativity
Cognitive psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 23840757
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dementia and neurocognitive disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....52b94e250f79d146568c9a2522f636d4