On the neurobiology of creativity. Differences in frontal activity between high and low creative subjects

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 873-885

  Carlsson, Ingegerd ^a   Wendt, Peter E ^a   Risberg, Jarl ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral laterality; Divergent thinking; Flexibility; Frontal function; Logical thinking; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CREATIVENESS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033983779     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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