Increased resting functional connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex in creativity by means of cognitive stimulation

Cortex

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-102

  Wei, Dongtao ^a,b   Yang, Junyi ^a,b   Li, Wenfu ^a,b   Wang, Kangcheng ^a,b   Zhang, Qinglin ^a,b   Qiu, Jiang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive stimulation; Creativity; Medial prefrontal cortex; Resting state functional connectivity (RSFC); Resting state functional MRI (Rs fMRI)

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE STIMULATION; CREATIVITY; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY (RSFC); RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL MRI (RS-FMRI);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESTING STATE NETWORK; THINKING; TRAINING;

EID: 84895059506     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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