Large-scale brain network connectivity underlying creativity in resting-state and task fMRI: Cooperation between
Liang Shi1, Jiangzhou Sun1, Yunman Xia1
1Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China.
Biological Psychology
|March 18, 2018
Summary
Creative thinking involves specific brain network interactions. Enhanced connectivity between the default mode network (DMN) and frontal-parietal network (FPN) during tasks, and resting-state connectivity, predict creative performance.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
- Brain Imaging
Background:
- Creativity is crucial for societal progress and individual well-being.
- Understanding the neural underpinnings of creativity is essential for cognitive science.
- Previous research has explored brain networks, but the interplay during creative tasks and rest requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate large-scale brain network connectivity associated with creativity.
- To examine functional network connectivity during both resting-state and a divergent thinking task.
- To explore the relationship between resting-state and task-based brain activity and creative output.
Main Methods:
- Utilized independent component analysis and functional network connectivity analysis.
- Analyzed resting-state and divergent thinking task fMRI data from the same participants.
- Correlated brain network connectivity strengths with originality scores.
Main Results:
- Increased connectivity between the posterior default mode network (DMN) and right frontal-parietal network (FPN) during creative conditions.
- Decreased connectivity between the right and left frontal-parietal networks (FPN) in creative states.
- Positive correlations found between resting-state DMN-FPN connectivity and task-based DMN-FPN connectivity, as well as originality scores.
Conclusions:
- The default mode network (DMN) and frontal-parietal network (FPN) cooperate during creative thinking.
- Brain network connectivity during both rest and task predicts creative performance.
- Findings offer insights for future prediction of creative abilities using neuroimaging.
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