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Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study
BACKGROUND: Creativity is a multidimensional phenomenon and an important component of human capacities. This ability is characterized by the involvement of several cognitive functions particularly linked to the prefrontal cortex. We compared divergent thinking, a measure of creativity, in patients a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5661018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00534 |
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author | Canesi, Margherita Rusconi, Maria Luisa Cereda, Emanuele Ranghetti, Alessandra Cereda, Viviana Moroni, Federica Pezzoli, Gianni |
author_facet | Canesi, Margherita Rusconi, Maria Luisa Cereda, Emanuele Ranghetti, Alessandra Cereda, Viviana Moroni, Federica Pezzoli, Gianni |
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description | BACKGROUND: Creativity is a multidimensional phenomenon and an important component of human capacities. This ability is characterized by the involvement of several cognitive functions particularly linked to the prefrontal cortex. We compared divergent thinking, a measure of creativity, in patients affected by progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), other parkinsonian syndromes, and healthy controls (HCs). METHODS: Creativity features were evaluated using the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults (ATTA). Consecutive PSP outpatients were screened for inclusion. Then, patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) and a group of HC were studied. All groups have preserved cognitive functions and were matched for gender, education, disease duration, and age at onset with exception of PD patients who were matched by disease severity rather than disease duration. RESULTS: PSP patients were characterized by lower values in total ATTA and all subscales than HC and both MSA and PD patients. No differences were found comparing HC versus both MSA and PD patients. PSP patients were characterized by more impaired frontal functioning [assessed by means of Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)] than HC and both PD and MSA patients. CONCLUSION: In the present study, ATTA was significantly lower in PSP patients than in the other study groups. The worst performance in ATTA-total score and the lower score in FAB in PSP patients support the role of frontal function in creative processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-56610182017-11-08 Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study Canesi, Margherita Rusconi, Maria Luisa Cereda, Emanuele Ranghetti, Alessandra Cereda, Viviana Moroni, Federica Pezzoli, Gianni Front Neurol Neuroscience BACKGROUND: Creativity is a multidimensional phenomenon and an important component of human capacities. This ability is characterized by the involvement of several cognitive functions particularly linked to the prefrontal cortex. We compared divergent thinking, a measure of creativity, in patients affected by progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), other parkinsonian syndromes, and healthy controls (HCs). METHODS: Creativity features were evaluated using the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults (ATTA). Consecutive PSP outpatients were screened for inclusion. Then, patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) and a group of HC were studied. All groups have preserved cognitive functions and were matched for gender, education, disease duration, and age at onset with exception of PD patients who were matched by disease severity rather than disease duration. RESULTS: PSP patients were characterized by lower values in total ATTA and all subscales than HC and both MSA and PD patients. No differences were found comparing HC versus both MSA and PD patients. PSP patients were characterized by more impaired frontal functioning [assessed by means of Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)] than HC and both PD and MSA patients. CONCLUSION: In the present study, ATTA was significantly lower in PSP patients than in the other study groups. The worst performance in ATTA-total score and the lower score in FAB in PSP patients support the role of frontal function in creative processes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5661018/ /pubmed/29118735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00534 Text en Copyright © 2017 Canesi, Rusconi, Cereda, Ranghetti, Cereda, Moroni and Pezzoli. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Canesi, Margherita Rusconi, Maria Luisa Cereda, Emanuele Ranghetti, Alessandra Cereda, Viviana Moroni, Federica Pezzoli, Gianni Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study |
title | Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study |
title_full | Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study |
title_fullStr | Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study |
title_short | Divergent Thinking in Parkinsonism: A Case–Control Study |
title_sort | divergent thinking in parkinsonism: a case–control study |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5661018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118735 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00534 |
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