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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroimaging

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  • Creative visual divergent thinking involves specific subcortical regions and fronto-striatal dopaminergic pathways.
  • Understanding the role of spontaneous subcortical activity in creativity is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate differences in subcortical functional connectivity (FC) and network topology between individuals with high and low visual creativity.
  • To explore the relationship between subcortical network properties and creative visual divergent thinking.

Main Methods:

  • Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to analyze spontaneous brain activity.
  • Seed-wise and dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) of subcortical regions were calculated.
  • Brain-behavior correlation analyses examined the link between network properties and creativity scores.

Main Results:

  • Significant group differences in FC were found within the subcortex (putamen, pallidum, thalamus) and across whole-brain networks including cerebral regions.
  • Subcortical FC, specifically involving the pallidum, putamen, and thalamus, positively correlated with visual divergent thinking scores.

Conclusions:

  • Subcortical functional connectivity patterns are associated with individual differences in visual creativity.
  • Beyond dopaminergic pathways, motor pathways may also play a role in creative visual divergent thinking.