Neuroimaging creativity: A psychometric view

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-156

  Arden, Rosalind ^a,c   Chavez, Robert S ^b   Grazioplene, Rachael ^b   Jung, Rex E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherence; Convergent thinking; Creativity; Divergent thinking; DTI, diffusion tensor imaging; EEG, electroencephalography; FMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging; Insight; Intelligence; MRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Neuroimaging; NIRS, near infrared spectroscopy; PET, positron emission tomography; Phase; Power; Psychometrics; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77955270386     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.015     Document Type: Review

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