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Emanuel Jauk¹, Aljoscha C Neubauer¹, Beate Dunst¹

¹Department of Psychology, University of Graz, BioTechMed-Graz, Austria.

|February 14, 2015

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Brain structure differences in the precuneus are linked to producing original ideas, a key aspect of creative potential. These findings highlight the neural basis of creativity, independent of intelligence levels.

Keywords:

Creativity Gray matter Intelligence Openness to experience Precuneus Voxel-based morphometry (VBM)

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Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Neuroimaging

Background:

Creative potential is increasingly studied for its brain correlates.
Previous research links creativity to brain regions like the precuneus within the default mode network.
The interplay of creativity, intelligence, and personality on neural bases requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate regional gray matter volume (rGMV) differences associated with creative potential.
To disentangle the neural correlates of ideational originality and fluency.
To examine the roles of intelligence and openness to experience as covariates of creative potential.

Main Methods:

Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was used on a sample of 135 individuals.
Latent variable modeling was employed to analyze psychometric data on creativity.
Regional gray matter volume (rGMV) was assessed in relation to creativity indicators.

Main Results:

Regional gray matter volume (rGMV) in the precuneus correlated with ideational originality, not fluency.
Ideational originality also showed a correlation with rGMV in the caudate nucleus.
Structural correlates of ideational originality were observed across all intelligence levels, unaffected by intelligence.

Conclusions:

The ability to generate original ideas is associated with default-mode and dopaminergic brain structures.
Structural brain differences linked to ideational originality are independent of general intelligence.
Ideational fluency, a quantitative creativity marker, showed structural correlates only in less intelligent individuals.