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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychometrics

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  • Creativity is associated with the default mode network (DMN) and conscientiousness.
  • The specific neural mechanisms linking the DMN, creativity, and conscientiousness are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Identify core DMN subnetworks related to creativity.
  • Examine the predictive relationship between creativity and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC).
  • Investigate the moderating role of conscientiousness facets (industriousness, orderliness) in this relationship.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized graph theory techniques and affinity propagation clustering (APC).
  • Analyzed resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) data.
  • Assessed creativity and conscientiousness facets (industriousness, orderliness).

Main Results:

  • Creativity positively correlated with the within-module degree (WMD) of a specific DMN subnetwork (DMN2).
  • Industriousness, but not orderliness, moderated the relationship between DMN2 and creativity.
  • Creativity was predictable from DMN RSFC in individuals with high industriousness, but not in those with low industriousness.

Conclusions:

  • A core DMN subnetwork (DMN2) is critical for creativity.
  • Industriousness plays a significant moderating role in the neural underpinnings of creativity related to the DMN.