Creativity related cortex activity in the remote associates task

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 96-102

  Razumnikova, Olga M ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attention systems; Beta; Creativity; EEG mapping; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE ASSOCIATE TASK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34248179059     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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