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Gender differences in parieto‐frontal brain functional connectivity correlates of creativity

INTRODUCTION: Creativity is a complex construct that lies at the core of what has made human civilizations possible. One frequently used measure of creativity is the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults that yields an overall creativity score. In this study, we examine the relationship between the t...

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Autores principales: Silberstein, Richard, Camfield, David A., Nield, Geoffrey, Stough, Con
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30688029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1196
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Camfield, David A.
Nield, Geoffrey
Stough, Con
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description INTRODUCTION: Creativity is a complex construct that lies at the core of what has made human civilizations possible. One frequently used measure of creativity is the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults that yields an overall creativity score. In this study, we examine the relationship between the task‐related differences in brain functional connectivity and the creativity score in a male and female group of participants. METHODS: Brain functional connectivity was estimated from the steady‐state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) event‐related partial coherence in a group of 27 females and 27 males while they performed a low‐demand visual vigilance task and the A‐X version of the Continuous Performance Task. Task‐related differences in brain functional connectivity (ΔFC) were correlated with the creativity score separately in the female and male groups. RESULTS: We found that the creativity score was correlated with a parieto‐frontal ΔFC component for both the female and male groups. However, significant gender differences were observed in both the timing and the laterality of the parietal component. Females exhibited a left parietal to bilateral frontal ΔFC component correlated with creativity score and this peaked on the appearance of a target in both tasks. By contrast, males demonstrated a right parietal to bilateral frontal ΔFC component correlated with creativity score which peaked on the appearance of the letter following the targets. CONCLUSION: These findings are discussed in the context of the role of the Default Mode Network in creativity, and the role of gender‐related differences in cortical networks that mediate creativity.
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spelling pubmed-63795882019-02-28 Gender differences in parieto‐frontal brain functional connectivity correlates of creativity Silberstein, Richard Camfield, David A. Nield, Geoffrey Stough, Con Brain Behav Original Research INTRODUCTION: Creativity is a complex construct that lies at the core of what has made human civilizations possible. One frequently used measure of creativity is the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults that yields an overall creativity score. In this study, we examine the relationship between the task‐related differences in brain functional connectivity and the creativity score in a male and female group of participants. METHODS: Brain functional connectivity was estimated from the steady‐state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) event‐related partial coherence in a group of 27 females and 27 males while they performed a low‐demand visual vigilance task and the A‐X version of the Continuous Performance Task. Task‐related differences in brain functional connectivity (ΔFC) were correlated with the creativity score separately in the female and male groups. RESULTS: We found that the creativity score was correlated with a parieto‐frontal ΔFC component for both the female and male groups. However, significant gender differences were observed in both the timing and the laterality of the parietal component. Females exhibited a left parietal to bilateral frontal ΔFC component correlated with creativity score and this peaked on the appearance of a target in both tasks. By contrast, males demonstrated a right parietal to bilateral frontal ΔFC component correlated with creativity score which peaked on the appearance of the letter following the targets. CONCLUSION: These findings are discussed in the context of the role of the Default Mode Network in creativity, and the role of gender‐related differences in cortical networks that mediate creativity. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6379588/ /pubmed/30688029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1196 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Gender differences in parieto‐frontal brain functional connectivity correlates of creativity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30688029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1196
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