Convergent creative thinking performance is associated with white matter structures: Evidence from a large sample study.
Convergent thinking
Diffusion tensor imaging
Remote associates
Structural connectivity
Voxel-based morphometry
Journal
NeuroImage
ISSN: 1095-9572
Titre abrégé: Neuroimage
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9215515
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 04 2020
15 04 2020
Historique:
received:
04
06
2019
revised:
29
12
2019
accepted:
19
01
2020
pubmed:
25
1
2020
medline:
20
2
2021
entrez:
25
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In laboratory settings, creativity is measured using tasks of divergent as well as convergent thinking. It has been suggested that brain connectivity is important for creativity. In the present study, we investigated the associations of convergent thinking performance of compound Remote Associates Test (CRAT) with fractional anisotropy (FA) in diffusion tensor imaging and regional white matter (WM) volume (rWMV) in voxel-based morphometry in a large sample of healthy young adults (360 males and 280 females; mean age: 20.9 years, SD = 1.6). We showed that CRAT performance was positively correlated with WM pathway property (i.e., FA) in the left fronto-occipital fasciculus and the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus, which play important roles in processing of language and concept. Further, CRAT performance was negatively correlated with rWMV in the widespread frontal temporal subcortical and cerebellar WM areas, suggesting the unique association of convergent thinking with WM connectivity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31978544
pii: S1053-8119(20)30064-1
doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116577
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
116577Informations de copyright
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