The association between creativity and 7R polymorphism in the dopamine receptor D4 gene (DRD4)

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Mayseless, Naama ^a   Uzefovsky, Florina ^b   Shalev, Idan ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^b,c   Shamay Tsoory, Simone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Dopamine; DRD4; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

7 REPEAT POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; ALLELE; ALTERNATE USES TASK; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY; CREATIVE FLUENCY; CREATIVE ORIGINALITY; CREATIVITY; DIVERGENT THINKING; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR D4 GENE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RECEPTOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THINKING; TORRANCE TEST OF CREATIVE THINKING;

EID: 84884683316     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00502     Document Type: Article

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