The origins of originality: The neural bases of creative thinking and originality

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-185

  Shamay Tsoory, S G ^a   Adler, N ^a   Aharon Peretz, J ^b   Perry, D ^a   Mayseless, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creativity; Lateralization; Medial prefrontal cortex; Originality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FRONTAL GYRUS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THINKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650873406     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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