EEG complexity and performance measures of creative thinking

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-104

  Mölle, Matthias ^a   Marshall, Lisa ^b   Wolf, Britta ^b   Fehm, Horst L ^b   Born, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analytical convergent thinking; Cell assemblies; Creative divergent thinking; EEG dimensional complexity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THINKING;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RELAXATION; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038745177     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299961619     Document Type: Article

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