Creativity and schizotypy from the neuroscience perspective

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 378-387

  Fink, Andreas ^a   Weber, Bernhard ^a   Koschutnig, Karl ^a   Benedek, Mathias ^a   Reishofer, Gernot ^b   Ebner, Franz ^b   Papousek, Ilona ^a   Weiss, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Creative ideation; FMRI; Originality; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895530194     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0210-6     Document Type: Article

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