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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Creativity is vital for human progress.
  • Previous research focused on the default mode network (DMN) or frontoparietal network (FPN) in isolation.
  • Understanding the interaction between DMN and FPN in visual and verbal creativity is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate brain networks underlying visual and verbal creativity.
  • Examine the interaction between the DMN and FPN in creative cognition.
  • Identify common and distinct neural correlates for visual and verbal creativity.

Main Methods:

  • Functional connectivity analysis of resting-state fMRI data.
  • Studied 282 healthy participants.
  • Examined associations between network connectivity and creativity measures.

Main Results:

  • Within-network connectivity in the FPN negatively correlated with creativity.
  • Between-network connectivity between DMN and FPN positively correlated with creativity.
  • Specific within-network connectivity patterns in DMN and FPN distinguished visual and verbal creativity.

Conclusions:

  • Decreased within-network connectivity in DMN and FPN facilitates flexible between-network coupling for enhanced creativity.
  • The FPN mediates the relationship between DMN and creativity.
  • Findings highlight the cooperative role of DMN and FPN in creative cognition.