Creative cognition and the brain: Dissociations between frontal, parietal-temporal and basal ganglia groups

Brain Research

Volumn 1482, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-70

  Abraham, Anna ^a,b,c   Beudt, Susan ^d   Ott, Derek V M ^a   Yves Von Cramon, D ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Executive function; Imagination; Neuropsychology; Semantic cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CREATIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING;

EID: 84867331223     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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