Creativity, brain, and art: Biological and neurological considerations

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Zaidel, Dahlia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal innovation; Artistic talent; Brain damage; Disinhibition and frontal lobes; Evolution; Intelligence and creativity; Neurology; Visual artists

Indexed keywords

ART; AUTISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CREATIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84901832129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00389     Document Type: Review

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