Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Gonen Yaacovi, Gil ^a   De Souza, Leonardo Cruz ^b,c,d   Levy, Richard ^b,c,d,e   Urbanski, Marika ^b,c,d,f   Josse, Goulven ^b,c,d   Volle, Emmanuelle ^b,c,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^f Raticien Hospitalier Chef de Pôle   (France)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Creativity; Divergent thinking; Functional imaging; Insight problem solving; Meta analysis; Originality; Semantic associations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ROSTRAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84884678610     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00465     Document Type: Article

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