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Convergent creative thinking performance is associated with white matter structures: Evidence from a large sample

Hikaru Takeuchi¹, Yasuyuki Taki², Izumi Matsudaira³

¹Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

|January 25, 2020

Summary

Convergent thinking, essential for problem-solving, is linked to brain connectivity. Higher fractional anisotropy (FA) in specific white matter (WM) pathways correlated with better performance on the compound Remote Associates Test (CRAT).

Keywords:

Convergent thinking Diffusion tensor imaging Remote associates Structural connectivity Voxel-based morphometry

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Neuroimaging

Background:

Creativity is often assessed using divergent and convergent thinking tasks.
Brain connectivity is hypothesized to play a crucial role in creative abilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between convergent thinking, measured by the compound Remote Associates Test (CRAT), and white matter (WM) properties.
To examine associations with fractional anisotropy (FA) from diffusion tensor imaging and regional WM volume (rWMV) using voxel-based morphometry.

Main Methods:

A large sample of healthy young adults (n=640) underwent diffusion tensor imaging and voxel-based morphometry.
CRAT performance was correlated with FA and rWMV metrics.

Main Results:

CRAT performance showed a positive correlation with FA in the left fronto-occipital fasciculus and left inferior longitudinal fasciculus.
Convergent thinking performance was negatively correlated with rWMV in frontal, temporal, subcortical, and cerebellar WM areas.

Conclusions:

Convergent thinking is uniquely associated with WM connectivity.
Specific WM pathways involved in language and concept processing are important for convergent thinking performance.