On the personality, neurobiology, and cognition of creativity
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Summary, in English
Calculations were made of differences in blood flow levels between the FAS and the Brick measurements in the anterior prefrontal, fronto-temporal and superior frontal regions. In accordance with pre- diction, repeated measures-ANOVAs showed that the groups differed significantly in all three regions. The highly creative group had increases, or unchanged activity, while the low creative group had mainly decreases. The highly creative group also had higher hemispheric CBF means during rest compared to the low creative group.
The highly creative group had higher trait anxiety than the low creative group. On the intelligence tests the low creative group was superior both on logical-inductive ability and on perceptual speed, while the groups were equal on verbal and spatial tests. Logical ability was negatively correlated with anxiety.
Furthermore, the highly creative group had higher defensive variation than the low group. High defensive variability was positively correlated to the creativity test.
The results are discussed in terms of flexible interaction between complementary functions in the two hemispheres.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2005
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
122-131
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Psychology : Journal of the Higher School of Economics / Psikhologiya. Zhurnal Vysshei Shkoly Ekonomiki
Volym
2
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Ämne
- Psychology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1813-8918