An ERP study of passive creative conceptual expansion using a modified alternate uses task

Brain Research

Volumn 1527, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-198

  Kröger, Sören ^a   Rutter, Barbara ^a   Hill, Holger ^b   Windmann, Sabine ^c   Hermann, Christiane ^a   Abraham, Anna ^a,d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Alternate uses task; Conceptual expansion; Creativity; Divergent thinking; ERP; N400; Semantic cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL EXPANSION; CREATIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ALTERNATE USES TASK; CONCEPTUAL EXPANSION; CREATIVITY; DIVERGENT THINKING; ERP; N400; SEMANTIC COGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881120333     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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