Neuroanatomy of creativity

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 398-409

  Jung, Rex E ^a,b   Segall, Judith M ^a   Bockholt, H Jeremy ^a   Flores, Ranee A ^a   Smith, Shirley M ^a   Chavez, Robert S ^a   Haier, Richard J ^a,c  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cingulate; Cortical thickness; Creative achievement; Creativity; Divergent thinking; Frontotemporal dementia; Intelligence; MRI; Personality

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; THINKING;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149122997     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20874     Document Type: Article

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