Creativity and sensory gating indexed by the P50: Selective versus leaky sensory gating in divergent thinkers and creative achievers

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-84

  Zabelina, Darya L ^a   O'Leary, Daniel ^a   Pornpattananangkul, Narun ^a   Nusslock, Robin ^a   Beeman, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Creative achievement; Creativity; Divergent thinking; P50; Sensory gating

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT; CREATIVITY; DIVERGENT THINKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEAKY SENSORY GATING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE SENSORY GATING; SENSORY GATING; THINKING; TORRANCE TEST OF CREATIVE THINKING; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY GATING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921984589     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.034     Document Type: Article

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