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Mather KA, Weston SJ, Condon DM. Scaling a common assessment of associative ability: Development and validation of a multiple-choice compound remote associates task. Behav Res Methods 2024:10.3758/s13428-024-02422-3. [PMID: 38839705 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-024-02422-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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The assessment of creativity as an individual difference has historically focused on divergent thinking, which is increasingly viewed as involving the associative processes that are also understood to be a key component of creative potential. Research on associative processes has proliferated in many sub-fields, often using Compound Remote Associates (CRA) tasks with an open response format and relatively small participant samples. In the present work, we introduce a new format that is more amenable to large-scale data collection in survey designs, and present evidence for the reliability and validity of CRA measures in general using multiple large samples. Study 1 uses a large, representative dataset (N = 1,323,480) to demonstrate strong unidimensionality and internal consistency (α = .97; ωt = .87), as well as links to individual differences in temperament, cognitive ability, occupation, and job characteristics. Study 2 uses an undergraduate sample (N = 685) to validate the use of a multiple-choice format relative to the traditional approach. Study 3 uses a crowdsourced sample (N = 357) to demonstrate high test-retest reliability of the items (r =.74). Finally, Study 4 uses a sample that overlaps with Study 1 (N = 1,502,922) to provide item response theory (IRT) parameters for a large set of high-quality CRA items that use a multiple-choice response mode, thus facilitating their use in future research on creativity, insight, and related topics.
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- Kendall A Mather
- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97403, USA
- Midjourney, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
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Hsu WC, Yeh YC. Investigating the neural substrate variations between easy and challenging creative association tasks during product design within an fMRI scanner. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2024; 16:550-559. [PMID: 38746492 PMCID: PMC11090875 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2024.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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In practice, individuals strive to develop highly original and valuable creative products within specific limitations. However, previous functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies focused on divergent-thinking tasks without considering the "valuableness" of an idea. Additionally, different types of creative tasks (e.g., the easier association vs. the harder association task) may engage distinct cognitive processes. This study aimed to investigate the underlying neural mechanisms associated with different types of creative thinking, specifically focusing on the generation of the most original and valuable creative product within an fMRI scanner. Twenty-one college students participated in a block design study. During each trial, participants were instructed to draw the most original and valuable product inspired by a given figure. The findings revealed that, in comparison to the harder association task, the easier association task led to broader activation across multiple brain regions. However, this broader activation resulted in inefficient thinking and poorer creative performance. Notably, the orbitofrontal cortex exhibited activation across various creativity tasks and displayed connectivity with several seed brain regions, highlighting the importance of decision-making when only one original and valuable product design is allowed. Furthermore, the complex functional connectivity observed between different brain networks reflects the intricate nature of creative thinking. To conclude, widespread activation of brain regions does not necessarily indicate superior creativity. Instead, optimal creative performance within constraints is achieved through an efficient utilization of association for generating innovative ideas, inhibition for suppressing unoriginal ideas, and decision-making to select the most creative idea.
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- Wei-Chin Hsu
- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience PhD Program, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Institute of Teacher Education, National Chengchi University, Taipei 116, Taiwan
- Research Center for Mind, Brain & Learning, National Chengchi University, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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Malaie S, Spivey MJ, Marghetis T. Divergent and Convergent Creativity Are Different Kinds of Foraging. Psychol Sci 2024:9567976241245695. [PMID: 38713456 DOI: 10.1177/09567976241245695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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According to accounts of neural reuse and embodied cognition, higher-level cognitive abilities recycle evolutionarily ancient mechanisms for perception and action. Here, building on these accounts, we investigate whether creativity builds on our capacity to forage in space ("creativity as strategic foraging"). We report systematic connections between specific forms of creative thinking-divergent and convergent-and corresponding strategies for searching in space. U.S. American adults completed two tasks designed to measure creativity. Before each creativity trial, participants completed an unrelated search of a city map. Between subjects, we manipulated the search pattern, with some participants seeking multiple, dispersed spatial locations and others repeatedly converging on the same location. Participants who searched divergently in space were better at divergent thinking but worse at convergent thinking; this pattern reversed for participants who had converged repeatedly on a single location. These results demonstrate a targeted link between foraging and creativity, thus advancing our understanding of the origins and mechanisms of high-level cognition.
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- Soran Malaie
- Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California-Merced
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- Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California-Merced
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- Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California-Merced
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Ding K, He R, Wang X, Chen Q, Kenett YN. Recognizing ideas generated in a creative task: the roles of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex in facilitating self-generated learning. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae219. [PMID: 38798002 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Creative idea generation plays an important role in promoting successful memory formation. Yet, its underlying neural correlates remain unclear. We investigated the self-generated learning of creative ideas motivated by the schema-linked interactions between medial prefrontal and medial temporal regions framework. This was achieved by having participants generate ideas in the alternative uses task, self-evaluating their ideas based on novelty and source (i.e. new or old), and then later being tested on the recognition performance of the generated ideas. At the behavioral level, our results indicated superior performances in discriminating novel ideas, highlighting the novelty effect on memory. At the neural level, the regions-of-interest analyses revealed that successful recognition of novel ideas was associated with greater activations in the hippocampus (HPC) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) during ideation. However, only activation in the right HPC was positively related to the successful recognition of novel ideas. Importantly, the weaker the connection between the right HPC and left mPFC, the higher the recognition accuracy of novel ideas. Moreover, activations in the right HPC and left mPFC were both effective predictors of successful recognition of novel ideas. These findings uniquely highlight the role of novelty in promoting self-generated learning of creative ideas.
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- Ke Ding
- Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technicon City, 3200003, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dresden University of Technology, No. 10, Helmholtzstr, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, No. 2, Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, 400715, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technicon City, 3200003, Haifa, Israel
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Bortolotti A, Conti A, Romagnoli A, Sacco PL. Imagination vs. routines: festive time, weekly time, and the predictive brain. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1357354. [PMID: 38736532 PMCID: PMC11082368 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1357354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
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This paper examines the relationship between societal structures shaped by traditions, norms, laws, and customs, and creative expressions in arts and media through the lens of the predictive coding framework in cognitive science. The article proposes that both dimensions of culture can be viewed as adaptations designed to enhance and train the brain's predictive abilities in the social domain. Traditions, norms, laws, and customs foster shared predictions and expectations among individuals, thereby reducing uncertainty in social environments. On the other hand, arts and media expose us to simulated experiences that explore alternative social realities, allowing the predictive machinery of the brain to hone its skills through exposure to a wider array of potentially relevant social circumstances and scenarios. We first review key principles of predictive coding and active inference, and then explore the rationale of cultural traditions and artistic culture in this perspective. Finally, we draw parallels between institutionalized normative habits that stabilize social worlds and creative and imaginative acts that temporarily subvert established conventions to inject variability.
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- Alessandro Bortolotti
- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- metaLAB (at) Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Kenett YN, Chrysikou EG, Bassett DS, Thompson-Schill SL. Neural Dynamics During the Generation and Evaluation of Creative and Non-Creative Ideas. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.15.589621. [PMID: 38659810 PMCID: PMC11042297 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.15.589621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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What are the neural dynamics that drive creative thinking? Recent studies have provided much insight into the neural mechanisms of creative thought. Specifically, the interaction between the executive control, default mode, and salience brain networks has been shown to be an important marker of individual differences in creative ability. However, how these different brain systems might be recruited dynamically during the two key components of the creative process-generation and evaluation of ideas-remains far from understood. In the current study we applied state-of-the-art network neuroscience methodologies to examine the neural dynamics related to the generation and evaluation of creative and non-creative ideas using a novel within-subjects design. Participants completed two functional magnetic resonance imaging sessions, taking place a week apart. In the first imaging session, participants generated either creative (alternative uses) or non-creative (common characteristics) responses to common objects. In the second imaging session, participants evaluated their own creative and non-creative responses to the same objects. Network neuroscience methods were applied to examine and directly compare reconfiguration, integration, and recruitment of brain networks during these four conditions. We found that generating creative ideas led to significantly higher network reconfiguration than generating non-creative ideas, whereas evaluating creative and non-creative ideas led to similar levels of network integration. Furthermore, we found that these differences were attributable to different dynamic patterns of neural activity across the executive control, default mode, and salience networks. This study is the first to show within-subject differences in neural dynamics related to generating and evaluating creative and non-creative ideas.
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- Yoed N Kenett
- Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 3200003
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Watters H, Fazili A, Daley L, Belden A, LaGrow TJ, Bolt T, Loui P, Keilholz S. Creative tempo: Spatiotemporal dynamics of the default mode network in improvisational musicians. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.07.588391. [PMID: 38645080 PMCID: PMC11030431 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.07.588391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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The intrinsic dynamics of human brain activity display a recurring pattern of anti-correlated activity between the default mode network (DMN), associated with internal processing and mentation, and task positive regions, associated with externally directed attention. In human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, this anti-correlated pattern is detectable on the infraslow timescale (<0.1 Hz) as a quasi-periodic pattern (QPP). While the DMN is implicated in creativity and musicality in traditional time-averaged functional connectivity studies, no one has yet explored how creative training may alter dynamic spatiotemporal patterns involving the DMN such as QPPs. In the present study, we compare the outputs of two QPP detection approaches, sliding window algorithm and complex principal components analysis (cPCA). We apply both methods to an existing dataset of musicians captured with resting state fMRI, grouped as either classical, improvisational, or minimally trained non-musicians. The original time-averaged functional connectivity (FC) analysis of this dataset used improvisation as a proxy for creative thinking and found that the DMN and visual networks (VIS) display higher connectivity in improvisational musicians. We expand upon this dataset's original study and find that QPP analysis detects convergent results at the group level with both methods. In improvisational musicians, dynamic functional correlation in the group-averaged QPP was found to be increased between the DMN-VIS and DMN-FPN for both the QPP algorithm and complex principal components analysis (cPCA) methods. Additionally, we found an unexpected increase in FC in the group-averaged QPP between the dorsal attention network and amygdala in improvisational musicians; this result was not reported in the original seed-based study of this dataset. The current study represents a novel application of two dynamic FC detection methods with results that replicate and expand upon previous seed-based FC findings. The results show the robustness of both the QPP phenomenon and its detection methods. This study also demonstrates the value of dynamic FC methods in reproducing seed-based findings and their promise in detecting group-wise or individual differences that may be missed by traditional seed-based resting state fMRI studies.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology
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Reis M, Kunde W. How to overcome biases against creativity: The role of familiarity with and confidence in original solutions. Cognition 2024; 245:105741. [PMID: 38350252 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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Despite the societal relevance of creative ideas, humans favor traditional over more original solutions, conceivably because of the increased uncertainty that comes with trying novel approaches. Here, we tested whether this anti-creativity bias can be counteracted by increasing familiarity with, and confidence in, creative solutions. Participants chose between creative and traditional uses for given objects. In study 1 (N = 67 international adults), these objects repeated either identically or conceptually during the experiment; and in study 2 (N = 68 international adults), choice options were either self-generated or externally provided. Spatial and temporal measures of response selection indicated an implicit bias towards the traditional approach, independent of repetition type (study 1). This attraction towards the norm was also found for self-generated creative ideas, but it was considerably reduced compared to other-generated ideas (study 2). Instead of increasing familiarity, building confidence in creative solutions might thus be the key to reduce corresponding uncertainty and promote successful creative ideation.
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- Moritz Reis
- Institute of Psychology, University of Wuerzburg, Roentgenring 11, 97070 Wuerzburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Wuerzburg, Roentgenring 11, 97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Del Val C, Díaz de la Guardia-Bolívar E, Zwir I, Mishra PP, Mesa A, Salas R, Poblete GF, de Erausquin G, Raitoharju E, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Lehtimäki T, Cloninger CR. Gene expression networks regulated by human personality. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-024-02484-x. [PMID: 38433276 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02484-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Genome-wide association studies of human personality have been carried out, but transcription of the whole genome has not been studied in relation to personality in humans. We collected genome-wide expression profiles of adults to characterize the regulation of expression and function in genes related to human personality. We devised an innovative multi-omic approach to network analysis to identify the key control elements and interactions in multi-modular networks. We identified sets of transcribed genes that were co-expressed in specific brain regions with genes known to be associated with personality. Then we identified the minimum networks for the co-localized genes using bioinformatic resources. Subjects were 459 adults from the Young Finns Study who completed the Temperament and Character Inventory and provided peripheral blood for genomic and transcriptomic analysis. We identified an extrinsic network of 45 regulatory genes from seed genes in brain regions involved in self-regulation of emotional reactivity to extracellular stimuli (e.g., self-regulation of anxiety) and an intrinsic network of 43 regulatory genes from seed genes in brain regions involved in self-regulation of interpretations of meaning (e.g., production of concepts and language). We discovered that interactions between the two networks were coordinated by a control hub of 3 miRNAs and 3 protein-coding genes shared by both. Interactions of the control hub with proteins and ncRNAs identified more than 100 genes that overlap directly with known personality-related genes and more than another 4000 genes that interact indirectly. We conclude that the six-gene hub is the crux of an integrative network that orchestrates information-transfer throughout a multi-modular system of over 4000 genes enriched in liquid-liquid-phase-separation (LLPS)-related RNAs, diverse transcription factors, and hominid-specific miRNAs and lncRNAs. Gene expression networks associated with human personality regulate neuronal plasticity, epigenesis, and adaptive functioning by the interactions of salience and meaning in self-awareness.
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- Coral Del Val
- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs. GRANADA), Granada, Spain
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, Granada, Spain
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, Granada, Spain
- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Tampere University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center - Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, Granada, Spain
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- The Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, and DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- University of Texas Health San Antonio, Long School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Biggs Institute of Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Disorders, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Tampere University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center - Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center - Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Center for Population Health Research; University of Turku, Research Center of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine; Turku University Hospital, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku, Finland
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- Tampere University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories, and Finnish Cardiovascular Research Center - Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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Yu S, Shen Z, Xu H, Xia Z, Peng W, Hu Y, Feng F, Zeng F. Top-down and bottom-up alterations of connectivity patterns of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in chronic insomnia disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2024; 274:245-254. [PMID: 36811711 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-022-01534-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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The importance of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN, also called the master circadian clock) in regulating sleep and wakefulness has been confirmed by multiple animal research. However, human studies of SCN in vivo are still nascent. Recently, the development of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has made it possible to study SCN-related connectivity changes in patients with chronic insomnia disorder (CID). Hence, this study aimed to explore whether sleep-wake circuitry (i.e., communication between the SCN and other brain regions) is disrupted in human insomnia. Forty-two patients with CID and 37 healthy controls (HCs) underwent fMRI scanning. Resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) and Granger causality analysis (GCA) were performed to find abnormal functional and causal connectivity of the SCN in CID patients. In addition, correlation analyses were conducted to detect associations between features of disrupted connectivity and clinical symptoms. Compared to HCs, CID patients showed enhanced rsFC of the SCN-left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), as well as reduced rsFC of the SCN-bilateral medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC); these altered cortical regions belong to the "top-down" circuit. Moreover, CID patients exhibited disrupted functional and causal connectivity between the SCN and the locus coeruleus (LC) and the raphe nucleus (RN); these altered subcortical regions constitute the "bottom-up" pathway. Importantly, the decreased causal connectivity from the LC-to-SCN was associated with the duration of disease in CID patients. These findings suggest that the disruption of the SCN-centered "top-down" cognitive process and "bottom-up" wake-promoting pathway may be intimately tied to the neuropathology of CID.
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- Siyi Yu
- Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
- Department of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
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Khalil R, Demarin V. Creative therapy in health and disease: Inner vision. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14266. [PMID: 37305955 PMCID: PMC10915997 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Can we better understand the unique mechanisms of de novo abilities in light of our current knowledge of the psychological and neuroscientific literature on creativity? This review outlines the state-of-the-art in the neuroscience of creativity and points out crucial aspects that still demand further exploration, such as brain plasticity. The progressive development of current neuroscience research on creativity presents a multitude of prospects and potentials for furnishing efficacious therapy in the context of health and illness. Therefore, we discuss directions for future studies, identifying a focus on pinpointing the neglected beneficial practices for creative therapy. We emphasize the neglected neuroscience perspective of creativity on health and disease and how creative therapy could offer limitless possibilities to improve our well-being and give hope to patients with neurodegenerative diseases to compensate for their brain injuries and cognitive impairments by expressing their hidden creativity.
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- Radwa Khalil
- School of Business, Social and Decision SciencesConstructor UniversityBremenGermany
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- International Institute for Brain HealthZagrebCroatia
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Xiong K, Wan M, Cai D, Nan W. Down-regulation of theta amplitude through neurofeedback improves executive control network efficiency in healthy children. Int J Psychophysiol 2024; 197:112301. [PMID: 38218562 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Despite extensive clinical research on neurofeedback (NF) in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), few studies targeted the optimization of attention performance in healthy children. As a crucial component of attention networks, the executive control network, involved in resolving response conflicts and allocating cognitive resources, is closely linked to theta activity. Here, we aimed to answer whether theta down-regulating NF can enhance healthy children's attention performance, especially the executive control network. Sixty children aged 6-12 years were randomly assigned to the NF and waitlist control groups. The NF group received theta down-regulation NF training for five days (a total of 100 mins), and the attention performance of both groups was measured by the attention network test (ANT) in the pre, post-NF, and 7-day follow-up. The electroencephalographic (EEG) results demonstrated a significant decrease in resting-state theta amplitude within sessions. For the behavioral results, the NF group exhibited significant improvements in overall attention performance and the efficiency of the executive control network relative to the control group in the post-NF and follow-up assessment, whereas the alerting and orienting networks remained unchanged. These findings proved the feasibility of theta down-regulating NF and its positive effect on attention in the healthy children population. In particular, the facilitation of the efficiency of the executive control network and the unaltered performance of the other two attention networks in the NF group may support the causality between theta rhythm and the executive control network.
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- Kaiwen Xiong
- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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- School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
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Kempf A, Benedek M, Schiavio A. An observation of a negative effect of social cohesion on creativity in musical improvisation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2922. [PMID: 38316826 PMCID: PMC10844246 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52350-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Although various social factors can significantly impact creative performance, it is still unclear how social cohesion (i.e., how close we feel to others) influences creativity. We therefore conducted two studies exploring the association between social cohesion and creativity within the domain of musical improvisation, a prime example of creative performance, which usually plays out in social contexts. The first study (n = 58 musical novices) showed that music-induced synchrony facilitates social cohesion. In our second study (n = 18 musical novices), we found that in two out of three experimental conditions, increased social cohesion is associated with less creative musical outcomes, as rated by nine expert musicians. In our subsequent analysis we related measures of social cohesion and creativity. This approach highlights how, within a musical setting, creativity unfolds in the context of social contingencies as social cohesion and related factors.
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- Adrian Kempf
- Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Glacisstraße 27, 8010, Graz, Austria.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Glacisstraße 27, 8010, Graz, Austria
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of York, York, UK
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Seeburger DT, Xu N, Ma M, Larson S, Godwin C, Keilholz SD, Schumacher EH. Time-varying functional connectivity predicts fluctuations in sustained attention in a serial tapping task. COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2024; 24:111-125. [PMID: 38253775 PMCID: PMC10979291 DOI: 10.3758/s13415-024-01156-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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The mechanisms for how large-scale brain networks contribute to sustained attention are unknown. Attention fluctuates from moment to moment, and this continuous change is consistent with dynamic changes in functional connectivity between brain networks involved in the internal and external allocation of attention. In this study, we investigated how brain network activity varied across different levels of attentional focus (i.e., "zones"). Participants performed a finger-tapping task, and guided by previous research, in-the-zone performance or state was identified by low reaction time variability and out-of-the-zone as the inverse. In-the-zone sessions tended to occur earlier in the session than out-of-the-zone blocks. This is unsurprising given the way attention fluctuates over time. Employing a novel method of time-varying functional connectivity, called the quasi-periodic pattern analysis (i.e., reliable, network-level low-frequency fluctuations), we found that the activity between the default mode network (DMN) and task positive network (TPN) is significantly more anti-correlated during in-the-zone states versus out-of-the-zone states. Furthermore, it is the frontoparietal control network (FPCN) switch that differentiates the two zone states. Activity in the dorsal attention network (DAN) and DMN were desynchronized across both zone states. During out-of-the-zone periods, FPCN synchronized with DMN, while during in-the-zone periods, FPCN switched to synchronized with DAN. In contrast, the ventral attention network (VAN) synchronized more closely with DMN during in-the-zone periods compared with out-of-the-zone periods. These findings demonstrate that time-varying functional connectivity of low frequency fluctuations across different brain networks varies with fluctuations in sustained attention or other processes that change over time.
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- Dolly T Seeburger
- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Fusi G, Giannì J, Borsa VM, Colautti L, Crepaldi M, Palmiero M, Garau F, Bonfiglio SN, Cao Y, Antonietti A, Penna MP, Rozzini L, Rusconi ML. Can Creativity and Cognitive Reserve Predict Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults? The Role of Divergent Thinking in Healthy Aging. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:303. [PMID: 38338188 PMCID: PMC10855052 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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The maintenance of psychological well-being (PWB) in the older adult population is a pivotal goal for our rapidly aging society. PWB is a multicomponent construct that can be influenced by several factors in the lifespan. The beneficial role of divergent thinking (DT) and cognitive reserve (CR) in sustaining older subjects' PWB has been scarcely investigated so far. The present study aims to investigate the relationships between DT, CR, and PWB in a sample of 121 healthy older adults (61 females; M age: 73.39 ± 6.66 years; M education: 11.33 ± 4.81 years). The results highlight that better DT performance predicts higher CR, which mediates an indirect positive effect of DT on emotional competence, one of the PWB factors. It follows that DT and CR can be considered protective factors in aging, and their effects go beyond cognitive functioning, revealing a positive effect even on some PWB components. The practical implications regarding targeted health interventions for prevention in the older adult population to support well-being and promote healthy aging are discussed.
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- Giulia Fusi
- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, Italy; (J.G.); (V.M.B.); (M.C.); (M.L.R.)
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, Italy; (J.G.); (V.M.B.); (M.C.); (M.L.R.)
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, Italy; (J.G.); (V.M.B.); (M.C.); (M.L.R.)
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, Italy; (L.C.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, Italy; (J.G.); (V.M.B.); (M.C.); (M.L.R.)
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- Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy; (F.G.); (S.N.B.); (Y.C.); (M.P.P.)
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- Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy; (F.G.); (S.N.B.); (Y.C.); (M.P.P.)
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- Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy; (F.G.); (S.N.B.); (Y.C.); (M.P.P.)
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, Italy; (L.C.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy; (F.G.); (S.N.B.); (Y.C.); (M.P.P.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, 25136 Brescia, Italy;
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, 24129 Bergamo, Italy; (J.G.); (V.M.B.); (M.C.); (M.L.R.)
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Ganter-Argast C, Schipper M, Shamsrizi M, Stein C, Khalil R. The light side of gaming: creativity and brain plasticity. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 17:1280989. [PMID: 38249576 PMCID: PMC10796710 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1280989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Could gaming enhance brain plasticity and executive functions (EFs) by fostering creativity? We identify vital benefits from further research exploring the relationship between games, brain plasticity, and creativity. The ongoing progress in neuroscience research in these three disciplines offers many possibilities and prospects for impactful therapy. Therefore, we emphasize the significance of investigating the untapped potentials of using games in creative therapy-our perspective on the often-overlooked neuroscientific aspect of creativity concerning health and wellbeing. One of these potentials is examining games as a therapeutic tool, focusing on their capacity to inspire and engage the imagination and other mental operators shared with creativity. Using a game as a therapeutic approach may boost brain plasticity, which may help them reduce their cognitive impairments by improving their EFs. This review offers a comprehensive outline of the latest advancements in the literature on games that tie to creativity through enhancing brain plasticity and EFs. Communicating this knowledge can furnish countless possibilities to improve our overall health and wellbeing and foster a positive perspective in individuals affected by anxiety.
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- Christiane Ganter-Argast
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- University of Applied Sciences, Nürtingen-Geislingen, Nürtingen, Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg, Germany
- Institute for Psychology, Arts, and Society, Bremen, Germany
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- IFA – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity / Gamelab.Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity / Gamelab.Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Business, Social, and Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
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Bieth T, Ovando‐Tellez M, Lopez‐Persem A, Garcin B, Hugueville L, Lehongre K, Levy R, George N, Volle E. Time course of EEG power during creative problem-solving with insight or remote thinking. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26547. [PMID: 38060194 PMCID: PMC10789201 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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Problem-solving often requires creativity and is critical in everyday life. However, the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying creative problem-solving remain poorly understood. Two mechanisms have been highlighted: the formation of new connections among problem elements and insight solving, characterized by sudden realization of a solution. In this study, we investigated EEG activity during a modified version of the remote associates test, a classical insight problem task that requires finding a word connecting three unrelated words. This allowed us to explore the brain correlates associated with the semantic remoteness of connections (by varying the remoteness of the solution word across trials) and with insight solving (identified as a Eurêka moment reported by the participants). Semantic remoteness was associated with power increase in the alpha band (8-12 Hz) in a left parieto-temporal cluster, the beta band (13-30 Hz) in a right fronto-temporal cluster in the early phase of the task, and the theta band (3-7 Hz) in a bilateral frontal cluster just prior to participants' responses. Insight solving was associated with power increase preceding participants' responses in the alpha and gamma (31-60 Hz) bands in a left temporal cluster and the theta band in a frontal cluster. Source reconstructions revealed the brain regions associated with these clusters. Overall, our findings shed new light on some of the mechanisms involved in creative problem-solving.
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- Théophile Bieth
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, AP‐HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, DMU NeuroscienceParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Department of NeurologyAvicenne Hospital, AP‐HPBobignyFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Institut du Cerveau—ICM, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, Centre MEG‐EEG, CENIRParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, AP‐HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, DMU NeuroscienceParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Institut du Cerveau—ICM, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, Centre MEG‐EEG, CENIRParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau—Paris Brain Institute—ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital de la Pitié SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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Khalil R, Agnoli S, Mastria S, Kondinska A, Karim AA, Godde B. Individual differences and creative ideation: neuromodulatory signatures of mindset and response inhibition. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1238165. [PMID: 38125402 PMCID: PMC10731982 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1238165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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This study addresses the modulatory role of individual mindset in explaining the relationship between response inhibition (RI) and divergent thinking (DT) using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Forty undergraduate students (22 male and 18 female), aged between 18 and 23 years (average age = 19 years, SD = 1.48), were recruited. Participants received either anodal tDCS of the right IFG coupled with cathodal tDCS of the left IFG (R + L-; N = 19) or the opposite coupling (R-L+; N = 21). We tested DT performance using the alternative uses task (AUT), measuring participants' fluency, originality, and flexibility in the response production, as well as participants' mindsets. Furthermore, we applied a go-no-go task to examine the role of RI before and after stimulating the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) using tDCS. The results showed that the mindset levels acted as moderators on stimulation conditions and enhanced RI on AUT fluency and flexibility but not originality. Intriguingly, growth mindsets have opposite moderating effects on the change in DT, resulting from the tDCS stimulation of the left and the right IFG, with reduced fluency but enhanced flexibility. Our findings imply that understanding neural modulatory signatures of ideational processes with tDCS strongly benefits from evaluating cognitive status and control functions.
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- Radwa Khalil
- School of Business, Social and Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Marconi Institute for Creativity, Sasso Marconi, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- School of Business, Social and Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
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- School of Business, Social and Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Health Psychology and Neurorehabilitation, SRH Mobile University, Riedlingen, Germany
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- School of Business, Social and Decision Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
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Hughes Z, Ball LJ, Richardson C, Judge J. A meta-analytical review of the impact of mindfulness on creativity: Framing current lines of research and defining moderator variables. Psychon Bull Rev 2023; 30:2155-2186. [PMID: 37442873 PMCID: PMC10728263 DOI: 10.3758/s13423-023-02327-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Findings relating to the impact of mindfulness interventions on creative performance remain inconsistent, perhaps because of discrepancies between study designs, including variability in the length of mindfulness interventions, the absence of control groups or the tendencies to explore creativity as one unitary construct. To derive a clearer understanding of the impact that mindfulness interventions may exert on creative performance, two meta-analytical reviews were conducted, drawing respectively on studies using a control group design (n = 20) and studies using a pretest-posttest design (n = 17). A positive effect was identified between mindfulness and creativity, both for control group designs (d = 0.42, 95% CIs [0.29, 0.54]) and pretest-posttest designs (d = 0.59, 95% CIs [0.38, 0.81]). Subgroup analysis revealed that intervention length, creativity task (i.e., divergent vs. convergent thinking tasks) and control group type, were significant moderators for control group studies, whereas only intervention length was a significant moderator for pretest-posttest studies. Overall, the findings support the use of mindfulness as a tool to enhance creative performance, with more advantageous outcomes for convergent as opposed to divergent thinking tasks. We discuss the implications of study design and intervention length as key factors of relevance to future research aimed at advancing theoretical accounts of the relationship between mindfulness and creativity.
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- Zoe Hughes
- School of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK.
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- School of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Winchester, Winchester, SO22 4NR, UK
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- School of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK
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Zhuang K, Zeitlen DC, Beaty RE, Vatansever D, Chen Q, Qiu J. Diverse functional interaction driven by control-default network hubs supports creative thinking. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:11206-11224. [PMID: 37823346 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Complex cognitive processes, like creative thinking, rely on interactions among multiple neurocognitive processes to generate effective and innovative behaviors on demand, for which the brain's connector hubs play a crucial role. However, the unique contribution of specific hub sets to creative thinking is unknown. Employing three functional magnetic resonance imaging datasets (total N = 1,911), we demonstrate that connector hub sets are organized in a hierarchical manner based on diversity, with "control-default hubs"-which combine regions from the frontoparietal control and default mode networks-positioned at the apex. Specifically, control-default hubs exhibit the most diverse resting-state connectivity profiles and play the most substantial role in facilitating interactions between regions with dissimilar neurocognitive functions, a phenomenon we refer to as "diverse functional interaction". Critically, we found that the involvement of control-default hubs in facilitating diverse functional interaction robustly relates to creativity, explaining both task-induced functional connectivity changes and individual creative performance. Our findings suggest that control-default hubs drive diverse functional interaction in the brain, enabling complex cognition, including creative thinking. We thus uncover a biologically plausible explanation that further elucidates the widely reported contributions of certain frontoparietal control and default mode network regions in creativity studies.
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- Kaixiang Zhuang
- School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing 400715, China
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Süß AM, Hug M, Conradi N, Kienitz R, Rosenow F, Rampp S, Merkel N. Lateralization of delta band power in magnetoencephalography (MEG) in patients with unilateral focal epilepsy and its relation to verbal fluency. Brain Behav 2023; 13:e3257. [PMID: 37752097 PMCID: PMC10636394 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Delta power is a clinically established biomarker for abnormal brain processes. However, in patients with unilateral focal epilepsy (FE) it is still not well understood, how it relates to the epileptogenic zone and to neurocognitive functioning. The aim of the present study was thus to assess how delta power relates to the affected hemisphere, whether lateralization strength differs between the patients, and how changes in delta power correlate with cognitive functioning. METHOD We retrospectively studied patients with left (LFE) and right FE (RFE) who had undergone a resting-state magnetoencephalography measurement. We computed global and hemispheric delta power and lateralization indices and examined whether delta power correlates with semantic and letter verbal fluency (former being a marker for language and verbal memory, latter for executive functions) in 26 FE patients (15 LFE, 11 RFE) and 10 healthy controls. RESULTS Delta power was increased in FE patients compared to healthy controls. However, the increase across hemispheres was related to the site of the epileptic focus: On group level, LFE patients showed higher delta power in both hemispheres, whereas RFE patients primarily exhibited higher delta power in the ipsilateral right hemisphere. Both groups showed co-fluctuations of delta power between the hemispheres. Besides, delta power correlated negatively only with letter verbal fluency. CONCLUSION The findings confirm and provide further evidence that delta power is a marker of pathological activity and abnormal brain processes in FE. Delta power dynamics differ between patient groups, indicating that delta power could offer additional diagnostic value. The negative association of delta power and letter verbal fluency suggests that executive dysfunctions are related to low frequency abnormalities.
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- Annika Melissa Süß
- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine‐MainCenter of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe UniversityFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine‐MainCenter of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine‐MainCenter of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine‐MainCenter of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
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- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital ErlangenErlangenGermany
- Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Halle (Saale)Halle (Saale)Germany
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- Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine‐MainCenter of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
- Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck SocietyFrankfurt am MainGermany
- LOEWE Center for Personalized Translational Epilepsy Research (CePTER), Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am MainGermany
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Karavallil Achuthan S, Stavrinos D, Holm HB, Anteraper SA, Kana RK. Alterations of Functional Connectivity in Autism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Revealed by Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis. Brain Connect 2023; 13:528-540. [PMID: 37522594 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2023.0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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Background: Autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are comorbid neurodevelopmental disorders that share common and distinct neurobiological mechanisms, with disrupted brain connectivity patterns being a hallmark feature of both conditions. It is challenging to gain a mechanistic understanding of the underlying disorder, because brain connectivity changes in autism and ADHD are heterogeneous. Objectives: The present resting state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) study focuses on investigating the shared and distinct resting state-fMRI connectivity (rsFC) patterns in autistic and ADHD adults using multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA). By identifying spatial patterns of fMRI activity across a given time course, MVPA is an innovative and powerful method for generating seed regions of interest (ROIs) without a priori hypotheses. Methods: We performed a data-driven, whole-brain, connectome-wide MVPA on rs-fMRI data collected from 15 autistic, 19 ADHD, and 15 neurotypical (NT) young adults. Results: MVPA identified cerebellar vermis 9, precuneus, and the right cerebellum VI for autistic versus NT, right inferior frontal gyrus and vermis 9 for ADHD versus NT, and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for autistic versus ADHD as significant clusters. Post hoc seed-to-voxel analyses using these clusters as seed ROIs were performed for further characterization of group differences. The cerebellum VI, vermis, and precuneus in autistic adults, and the vermis and frontal regions in ADHD showed different connectivity patterns in comparison with NT. Conclusions: The study characterizes the rsFC profile of cerebellum with key cortical areas in autism and ADHD, and it emphasizes the importance of studying the role of the functional connectivity of the cerebellum in neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Smitha Karavallil Achuthan
- Department of Psychology & The Center for Innovative Research in Autism, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute, Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychology & The Center for Innovative Research in Autism, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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Xie C, Li Y, Yang Y, Du Y, Liu C. What's behind deliberation? The effect of task-related mind-wandering on post-incubation creativity. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2023; 87:2158-2170. [PMID: 36725764 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-023-01793-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Previous studies have already suggested that the deliberate nature of Mind-Wandering (MW) is critical for promoting creative performance. However, the deliberate nature of MW may be mixed up with task-relatedness. Whether the deliberate nature or task-relatedness of MW is responsible for such positive influence remains unclear. The present study tried to address this issue by investigating the influence of deliberate MW (MW-d) and task-related MW (MW-r) on post-incubation creative performance. Our result showed that MW-d is positively correlated with MW-r and spontaneous MW (MW-s) is highly positively correlated with task-unrelated MW (MW-u). Meanwhile, after controlling the possible confounding variables (i.e., the pre-incubation creative performance, the performance during distraction task, and motivation on creative ideation), both MW-d and MW-r predicted participants' AUT performance after incubation. However, the prediction model based on MW-r was stable while the MW-d-based prediction model was not. These findings indicate that the task-relatedness of MW, instead of its deliberate nature, might have a positive influence on subsequent creative performance.
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- Cong Xie
- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
- Shaanxi Normal University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, Xi'an, China.
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- Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, China
- School of English Studies, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Bartoli E, Devara E, Dang HQ, Rabinovich R, Mathura RK, Anand A, Pascuzzi BR, Adkinson J, Bijanki KR, Sheth SA, Shofty B. Default mode network spatio-temporal electrophysiological signature and causal role in creativity. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.13.557639. [PMID: 37786678 PMCID: PMC10541614 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.13.557639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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The default mode network (DMN) is a widely distributed, intrinsic brain network thought to play a crucial role in internally-directed cognition. It subserves self-referential thinking, recollection of the past, mind wandering, and creativity. Knowledge about the electrophysiology underlying DMN activity is scarce, due to the difficulty to simultaneously record from multiple distant cortical areas with commonly-used techniques. The present study employs stereo-electroencephalography depth electrodes in 13 human patients undergoing monitoring for epilepsy, obtaining high spatiotemporal resolution neural recordings across multiple canonical DMN regions. Our results offer a rare insight into the temporal evolution and spatial origin of theta (4-8Hz) and gamma signals (30-70Hz) during two DMN-associated higher cognitive functions: mind-wandering and alternate uses. During the performance of these tasks, DMN activity is defined by a specific pattern of decreased theta coupled with increased gamma power. Critically, creativity and mind wandering engage the DMN with different dynamics: creativity recruits the DMN strongly during the covert search of ideas, while mind wandering displays the strongest modulation of DMN during the later recall of the train of thoughts. Theta band power modulations, predominantly occurring during mind wandering, do not show a predominant spatial origin within the DMN. In contrast, gamma power effects were similar for mind wandering and creativity and more strongly associated to lateral temporal nodes. Interfering with DMN activity through direct cortical stimulation within several DMN nodes caused a decrease in creativity, specifically reducing the originality of the alternate uses, without affecting creative fluency or mind wandering. These results suggest that DMN activity is flexibly modulated as a function of specific cognitive processes and supports its causal role in creative thinking. Our findings shed light on the neural constructs supporting creative cognition and provide causal evidence for the role of DMN in the generation of original connections among concepts.
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- E Bartoli
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, USA
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Lebuda I, Benedek M. A systematic framework of creative metacognition. Phys Life Rev 2023; 46:161-181. [PMID: 37478624 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2023.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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Creative cognition does not just involve cognitive processes in direct service of the main task objective (e.g., idea generation), but also metacognitive processes that monitor and regulate cognition adaptively (e.g., evaluation of ideas and task performance, or development and selection of task strategies). Although metacognition is vital for creative performance, relevant work is sparse, which may be partly due to persistent ambiguities in the theoretical conceptualization of creative metacognition. Therefore, this article proposes a systematic framework of creative metacognition (CMC), which builds on recent advancements in metacognition theory and extends them to meet the specifics of creative cognition. The CMC framework consists of two dynamic components-monitoring and control-and a more static component of metacognitive knowledge, each subsuming metacognitive processes applying to the level of task, performance, and responses. We describe the presumed function of these metacognitive components in the creative process, present evidence in support of each, and discuss their association with related constructs, such as creative self-beliefs. We further highlight the dynamic interplay of metacognitive processes across task performance and identify promising avenues for future research.
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- Izabela Lebuda
- University of Graz, Austria; University of Wrocław, Poland.
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Ivancovsky T, Baror S, Bar M. A shared novelty-seeking basis for creativity and curiosity. Behav Brain Sci 2023; 47:e89. [PMID: 37547934 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x23002807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Curiosity and creativity are central pillars of human growth and invention. Although they have been studied extensively in isolation, the relationship between them has not yet been established. We propose that both curiosity and creativity emanate from the same mechanism of novelty seeking. We first present a synthesis showing that curiosity and creativity are affected similarly by a number of key cognitive faculties such as memory, cognitive control, attention, and reward. We then review empirical evidence from neuroscience research, indicating that the same brain regions are involved in both curiosity and creativity, focusing on the interplay between three major brain networks: the default mode network, the salience network, and the executive control network. After substantiating the link between curiosity and creativity, we propose a novelty-seeking model (NSM) that underlies them and suggests that the manifestation of the NSM is governed by one's state of mind.
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- Tal Ivancovsky
- The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan,
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan,
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Kaczmarska M. Valuing embodiment: insights from dance practice among people living with dementia. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1174157. [PMID: 37342779 PMCID: PMC10277497 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1174157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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There is a growing appreciation for the ability of person-centered arts-based approaches to extend multiple domains of brain health of people living with dementia. Dance is a multi-modal artistic engagement which has positive impacts on cognition, mobility and the emotional and social aspects of brain health. Although research into multiple domains of brain health among older adults and people living with dementia is promising, several gaps remain, specifically in understanding the benefits of co-creative and improvisational dance practices. Collaborative research between dancers, researchers, people living with dementia and care partners is needed to design and evaluate future research on dance and to determine relevance and usability. Furthermore, the respective praxes and experience of researchers, dance artists and people living with dementia contribute distinctly and uniquely to the identification and the assignment of value to dance in the context of the lives of people living with dementia. In this manuscript the author, a community-based dance artist, creative aging advocate and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, discusses current challenges and gaps in the understanding of the value of dance for and with people living with dementia and how transdisciplinary collaboration between neuroscientists, dance artists and people living with dementia can advance collective comprehension and implementation of dance practice.
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- Magda Kaczmarska
- Global Brain Health Institute, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Foundation Dementia Action Alliance Poland, Sopot, Poland
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Zwir I, Arnedo J, Mesa A, Del Val C, de Erausquin GA, Cloninger CR. Temperament & Character account for brain functional connectivity at rest: A diathesis-stress model of functional dysregulation in psychosis. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:2238-2253. [PMID: 37015979 PMCID: PMC10611583 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02039-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
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The human brain's resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) provides stable trait-like measures of differences in the perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social functioning of individuals. The rsFC of the prefrontal cortex is hypothesized to mediate a person's rational self-government, as is also measured by personality, so we tested whether its connectivity networks account for vulnerability to psychosis and related personality configurations. Young adults were recruited as outpatients or controls from the same communities around psychiatric clinics. Healthy controls (n = 30) and clinically stable outpatients with bipolar disorder (n = 35) or schizophrenia (n = 27) were diagnosed by structured interviews, and then were assessed with standardized protocols of the Human Connectome Project. Data-driven clustering identified five groups of patients with distinct patterns of rsFC regardless of diagnosis. These groups were distinguished by rsFC networks that regulate specific biopsychosocial aspects of psychosis: sensory hypersensitivity, negative emotional balance, impaired attentional control, avolition, and social mistrust. The rsFc group differences were validated by independent measures of white matter microstructure, personality, and clinical features not used to identify the subjects. We confirmed that each connectivity group was organized by differential collaborative interactions among six prefrontal and eight other automatically-coactivated networks. The temperament and character traits of the members of these groups strongly accounted for the differences in rsFC between groups, indicating that configurations of rsFC are internal representations of personality organization. These representations involve weakly self-regulated emotional drives of fear, irrational desire, and mistrust, which predispose to psychopathology. However, stable outpatients with different diagnoses (bipolar or schizophrenic psychoses) were highly similar in rsFC and personality. This supports a diathesis-stress model in which different complex adaptive systems regulate predisposition (which is similar in stable outpatients despite diagnosis) and stress-induced clinical dysfunction (which differs by diagnosis).
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- Igor Zwir
- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA
- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
- University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Harlingen, TX, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA
- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
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- University of Granada, Department of Computer Science, Granada, Spain
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- University of Texas, Long School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, San Antonio, TX, USA
- Laboratory of Brain Development, Modulation and Repair, Glenn Biggs Institute of Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Disorders, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Kruse JA, Martin CS, Hamlin N, Slattery E, Moriarty EM, Horne LK, Ozkalp-Poincloux B, Camarda A, White SF, Oleson J, Cassotti M, Doucet GE. Changes of creative ability and underlying brain network connectivity throughout the lifespan. Brain Cogn 2023; 168:105975. [PMID: 37031635 PMCID: PMC10175225 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2023.105975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Creativity, or divergent thinking, is essential to and supported by cognitive functions necessary for everyday tasks. The current study investigates divergent thinking and its neural mechanisms from adolescence to late adulthood. To do this, 180 healthy participants completed a creativity task called the egg task including 86 adolescents (mean age (SD) = 13.62 (1.98)), 52 young adults (24.92 (3.60), and 42 older adults (62.84 (7.02)). Additionally, a subsample of 111 participants completed a resting-state fMRI scan. After investigating the impact of age on different divergent thinking metrics, we investigated the impact of age on the association between divergent thinking and resting-state functional connectivity within and between major resting-state brain networks associated with creative thinking: the DMN, ECN, and SN. Adolescents tended to be less creative than both young and older adults in divergent thinking scores related to expansion creativity, and not in persistent creativity, while young and older adults performed relatively similar. We found that adolescents' functional integrity of the executive control network (ECN) was positively associated with expansion creativity, which was significantly different from the negative association in both the young and older adults. These results suggest that creative performance and supporting brain networks change throughout the lifespan.
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- Jordanna A Kruse
- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institut Supérieur Maria Montessori, France; Université Paris Cité and Université Gustave Eiffel, LaPEA, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.
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Ng S, Deverdun J, Lemaitre AL, Giampiccolo D, Bars EL, Moritz-Gasser S, Menjot de Champfleur N, Duffau H, Herbet G. Precuneal gliomas promote behaviorally relevant remodeling of the functional connectome. J Neurosurg 2023; 138:1531-1541. [PMID: 36308476 DOI: 10.3171/2022.9.jns221723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The precuneus hosts one of the most complex patterns of functional connectivity in the human brain. However, due to the extreme rarity of neurological lesions specifically targeting this structure, it remains unknown how focal damage to the precuneus may impact resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) at the brainwide level. The aim of this study was to investigate glioma-induced rsFC modulations and to identify patterns of rsFC remodeling that accounted for the maintenance of cognitive performance after awake-guided surgical excision. METHODS In a unique series of patients with IDH1-mutated low-grade gliomas (LGGs) infiltrating the precuneus who were treated at a single neurosurgical center (Montpellier University Medical Center, 2014-2021), the authors gauged the dynamic modulations induced by tumors on rsFC in comparison with healthy participants. All patients received a preoperative resting-state functional MRI and underwent operation guided by awake cognitive mapping. Connectome multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA), seed-network analysis, and graph theoretical analysis were conducted and correlated to executive neurocognitive scores (i.e., phonological and semantic fluencies, Trail-Making Test [TMT] parts A and B) obtained 3 months after surgery. RESULTS Seventeen patients with focal precuneal infiltration were selected (mean age 38.1 ± 11.2 years) and matched to 17 healthy participants (mean age 40.5 ± 10.4 years) for rsFC analyses. All patients underwent awake cognitive mapping, allowing total resection (n = 3) or subtotal resection (n = 14), with a mean extent of resection of 90.6% ± 7.3%. Using MVPA (cluster threshold: p-false discovery rate corrected < 0.05, voxel threshold: p-uncorrected < 0.001), remote hotspots with significant rsFC changes were identified, including both insulas, the anterior cingulate cortex, superior sensorimotor cortices, and both frontal eye fields. Further seed-network analyses captured 2 patterns of between-network redistribution especially involving hyperconnectivity between the salience, visual, and dorsal attentional networks. Finally, the global efficiency of the salience-visual-dorsal attentional networks was strongly and positively correlated to 3-month postsurgical scores (n = 15) for phonological fluency (r15 = 0.74, p = 0.0027); TMT-A (r15 = 0.65, p = 0.012); TMT-B (r15 = 0.70, p = 0.005); and TMT-B-A (r15 = 0.62, p = 0.018). CONCLUSIONS In patients with LGGs infiltrating the precuneus, remote and distributed functional connectivity modulations in the preoperative setting are associated with better maintenance of cognitive performance after surgery. These findings provide a new vision of the mechanistic principles underlying neural plasticity and cognitive compensation in patients with LGGs.
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- Sam Ng
- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Team "Neuroplasticity, Stem Cells and Low-grade Gliomas," Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier
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- 3I2FH, Institut d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle Humaine, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France
- 4Neuroradiology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Team "Neuroplasticity, Stem Cells and Low-grade Gliomas," Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier
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- 5Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London
- 6Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London; and
- 7Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic London, United Kingdom
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- 3I2FH, Institut d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle Humaine, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France
- 4Neuroradiology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Team "Neuroplasticity, Stem Cells and Low-grade Gliomas," Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier
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- 3I2FH, Institut d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle Humaine, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France
- 4Neuroradiology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Team "Neuroplasticity, Stem Cells and Low-grade Gliomas," Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Team "Neuroplasticity, Stem Cells and Low-grade Gliomas," Institute of Functional Genomics of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier
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E Matheson H, N Kenett Y, Gerver C, E Beaty R. Representing creative thought: A representational similarity analysis of creative idea generation and evaluation. Neuropsychologia 2023:108587. [PMID: 37268289 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Dual process theories of creativity suggest that creative thought is supported by both a generation phase, where unconstrained ideas are generated and combined in novel ways, and an evaluation phase, where those ideas are filtered for usefulness in context. Neurocognitively, both the default mode network (DMN) and the executive control network (ECN) have been implicated in generation and evaluation, respectively. Importantly, generating and evaluating ideas implies that the same information, reflected in patterns of neural activity, must be present in both phases, suggesting that information should be 'reinstated' (i.e. multidimensional patterns must reappear) within and/or between network nodes. In the present study, we used representational similarity analysis (RSA) to investigate the extent to which nodes of the DMN and ECN reinstate information between a generation phase, in which participants generated novel or appropriate word associations to single nouns, and an evaluation phase, where we presented the associations back to participants to evaluate them. We showed strong evidence for reinstatement within the ECN dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex during the novel association task, and within the DMN medial prefrontal cortex during the appropriate association task. We additionally showed between network reinstatement between the ECN dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex and the DMN posterior parietal cortex during the novelty task. These results demonstrate the importance of both within- and between-informational reinstatement for generating and evaluating ideas, and implicate both the DMN and ECN in dual process models of creativity.
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Kurkin S, Gordleeva S, Savosenkov A, Grigorev N, Smirnov N, Grubov VV, Udoratina A, Maksimenko V, Kazantsev V, Hramov AE. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Increases Posterior Theta Rhythm and Reduces Latency of Motor Imagery. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:4661. [PMID: 37430576 DOI: 10.3390/s23104661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Experiments show activation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in motor imagery (MI) tasks, but its functional role requires further investigation. Here, we address this issue by applying repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the left DLPFC and evaluating its effect on brain activity and the latency of MI response. This is a randomized, sham-controlled EEG study. Participants were randomly assigned to receive sham (15 subjects) or real high-frequency rTMS (15 subjects). We performed EEG sensor-level, source-level, and connectivity analyses to evaluate the rTMS effects. We revealed that excitatory stimulation of the left DLPFC increases theta-band power in the right precuneus (PrecuneusR) via the functional connectivity between them. The precuneus theta-band power negatively correlates with the latency of the MI response, so the rTMS speeds up the responses in 50% of participants. We suppose that posterior theta-band power reflects attention modulation of sensory processing; therefore, high power may indicate attentive processing and cause faster responses.
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- Semen Kurkin
- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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- Baltic Center for Neurotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia
- Neurodynamics and Cognitive Technology Laboratory, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603105 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
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Perchtold-Stefan CM, Rominger C, Papousek I, Fink A. Functional EEG Alpha Activation Patterns During Malevolent Creativity. Neuroscience 2023; 522:98-108. [PMID: 37178782 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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On the dark side of creativity, creative ideation is intentionally used to damage others. This first EEG study on malevolent creativity investigated task-related power (TRP) changes in the alpha band while n = 89 participants (52 women, 37 men) generated original ideas for revenge in the psychometric Malevolent Creativity Test. TRP changes were assessed for different stages of the idea generation process and linked to performance indicators of malevolent creativity. This study revealed three crucial findings: 1) Malevolent creativity yielded topographically distinct alpha power increases similar to conventional creative ideation. 2) Time-related activity changes during malevolent creative ideation were reflected in early prefrontal and mid-stage temporal alpha power increases in individuals with higher malevolent creativity performance. This performance-related, time-sensitive pattern of TRP changes during malevolent creativity may reflect early conceptual expansion from prosocial to antisocial perspectives, and subsequent inhibition of dominant semantic associations in favor of novel revenge ideas. 3) The observed, right-lateralized alpha power increases over the entire ideation phase may denote an additional emotional load of creative ideation. Our study highlights the seminal role of EEG alpha oscillations as a biomarker for creativity, also when creative processes operate in a malevolent context.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Miroshnik KG, Forthmann B, Karwowski M, Benedek M. The relationship of divergent thinking with broad retrieval ability and processing speed: A meta-analysis. INTELLIGENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2023.101739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Grecucci A, Rastelli C, Bacci F, Melcher D, De Pisapia N. A Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Classify Brain Morphology of Professional Visual Artists versus Non-Artists. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:s23094199. [PMID: 37177406 PMCID: PMC10181039 DOI: 10.3390/s23094199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This study aimed to investigate whether there are structural differences in the brains of professional artists who received formal training in the visual arts and non-artists who did not have any formal training or professional experience in the visual arts, and whether these differences can be used to accurately classify individuals as being an artist or not. Previous research using functional MRI has suggested that general creativity involves a balance between the default mode network and the executive control network. However, it is not known whether there are structural differences between the brains of artists and non-artists. In this study, a machine learning method called Multi-Kernel Learning (MKL) was applied to gray matter images of 12 artists and 12 non-artists matched for age and gender. The results showed that the predictive model was able to correctly classify artists from non-artists with an accuracy of 79.17% (AUC 88%), and had the ability to predict new cases with an accuracy of 81.82%. The brain regions most important for this classification were the Heschl area, amygdala, cingulate, thalamus, and parts of the parietal and occipital lobes as well as the temporal pole. These regions may be related to the enhanced emotional and visuospatial abilities that professional artists possess compared to non-artists. Additionally, the reliability of this circuit was assessed using two different classifiers, which confirmed the findings. There was also a trend towards significance between the circuit and a measure of vividness of imagery, further supporting the idea that these brain regions may be related to the imagery abilities involved in the artistic process.
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- Alessandro Grecucci
- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of Trento, University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of Trento, University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy
- MEG Center, University of Tübingen, 72072 Tübingen, Germany
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- College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of Trento, University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy
- Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 129188, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of Trento, University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy
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Chan YC, Zeitlen DC, Beaty RE. Amygdala-frontoparietal effective connectivity in creativity and humor processing. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:2585-2606. [PMID: 36773031 PMCID: PMC10028645 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Although both creativity and humor elicit experiences of surprise followed by appreciation, it remains unknown whether shared or distinct patterns of effective connectivity are involved in their processing. The present fMRI study used dynamic causal modeling and parametrical empirical Bayes analysis to examine the effective connectivity between the amygdala and frontoparietal network during two-stage creativity and humor processing. We examined processing during the setup and punch line stages for creativity and humor, including typical forms (alternate uses for creativity and incongruity-resolution humor), atypical forms (aesthetic uses for creativity and nonsense humor), and baseline forms. Our focus was on the mesolimbic pathway during the punch line stage. We found that the amygdala plays a key role in expectation violation and appreciation. Broadly, amygdala-to-IFG connectivity was important for evaluating typical and atypical forms of both creativity and humor, while amygdala-to-precuneus connectivity was involved in evaluating typical forms. Amygdala-to-IFG connectivity was involved in the expectation violation to resolution stage of processing for typical and atypical forms of creativity and humor. Amygdala-to-precuneus connectivity was involved in processing the novelty and usefulness of typical forms of creativity (alternate uses) and understanding others' intentions in typical forms of humor (incongruity-resolution). Interestingly, VTA-to-amygdala connectivity was involved in processing the appreciation of both typical (incongruity-resolution humor) and atypical (nonsense humor) forms of humor while amygdala-to-VTA connectivity was involved in processing the appreciation of atypical (aesthetic uses) forms of creativity. Altogether, these findings suggest that the amygdala and frontoparietal circuitry are critical for creativity and humor processing.
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- Yu-Chen Chan
- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ovando-Tellez M, Kenett YN, Benedek M, Bernard M, Belo J, Beranger B, Bieth T, Volle E. Brain Connectivity-Based Prediction of Combining Remote Semantic Associates for Creative Thinking. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2023.2192563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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- Marcela Ovando-Tellez
- Sorbonne University, FrontLab at Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology,Haifa Israel
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- Sorbonne University, FrontLab at Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, FrontLab at Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, CENIR at Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, FrontLab at Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
- Neurology department, Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, FrontLab at Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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Sreeraj VS, Shivakumar V, Bhalerao GV, Kalmady SV, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G. Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of antipsychotic treatment in unmedicated schizophrenia. Asian J Psychiatr 2023; 82:103459. [PMID: 36682158 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Antipsychotics may modulate the resting state functional connectivity(rsFC) to improve clinical symptoms in schizophrenia(Sz). Existing literature has potential confounders like past medication effects and evaluating preselected regions/networks. We aimed to evaluate connectivity pattern changes with antipsychotics in unmedicated Sz using Multivariate pattern analysis(MVPA), a data-driven technique for whole-brain connectome analysis. METHODS Forty-seven unmedicated patients with Sz(DSM-IV-TR) underwent clinical evaluation and neuroimaging at baseline and after 3-months of antipsychotic treatment. Resting-state functional MRI was analysed using group-MVPA to derive 5-components. The brain region with significant connectivity pattern changes with antipsychotics was identified, and post-hoc seed-to-voxel analysis was performed to identify connectivity changes and their association with symptom changes. RESULTS Connectome-MVPA analysis revealed the connectivity pattern of a cluster localised to left anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyri (ACC/PCG) (peak coordinates:x = -04,y = +30,z = +26;k = 12;cluster-pFWE=0.002) to differ significantly after antipsychotics. Specifically, its connections with clusters of precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex(PCC) and left inferior temporal gyrus(ITG) correlated with improvement in positive and negative symptoms scores, respectively. CONCLUSION ACC/PCG, a hub of the default mode network, seems to mediate the antipsychotic effects in unmedicated Sz. Evaluating causality models with data from randomised controlled design using the MVPA approach would further enhance our understanding of therapeutic connectomics in Sz.
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- Vanteemar S Sreeraj
- InSTAR Clinic and Translational Psychiatry Lab, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.
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- InSTAR Clinic and Translational Psychiatry Lab, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India; Department of Integrative Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- InSTAR Clinic and Translational Psychiatry Lab, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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Chen Q, He R, Sun J, Ding K, Wang X, He L, Zhuang K, Lloyd-Cox J, Qiu J. Common brain activation and connectivity patterns supporting the generation of creative uses and creative metaphors. Neuropsychologia 2023; 181:108487. [PMID: 36669695 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Recent studies and reviews suggest that creative thinking is at least partly a domain-general cognitive ability, dependent on consistent patterns of brain activity including co-activation of the executive control and default mode networks. However, the degree to which the generation of ideas in different creative tasks relies on common brain activity remains unknown. In this fMRI study, participants were asked to generate creative ideas in both a uses generation task and a metaphor production task. Whole-brain analysis showed that generation of creative uses (relative to conventional uses) activated the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), medial prefrontal cortex, left supplementary motor area, left angular gyrus (AG), left thalamus, and bilateral cerebellum posterior lobe. The generation of creative metaphors (relative to conventional metaphors) activated dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) and left AG. Importantly, regions active in both creative use and creative metaphor generation included the dmPFC and left AG. Psycho-physiological interactions analysis showed that the left AG was positively connected to the right precentral gyrus, and the dmPFC to the left IFG in both creative tasks. Our findings provide evidence that the generation of creative ideas relies on a core creative network related to remote semantic association-making and conceptual integration, offering new insight into the domain-general mechanisms underlying creative thinking.
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- Qunlin Chen
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China.
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- College of International Studies, Southwest University, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China; Southwest University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, China
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Assouline A, Mendelsohn A. Weaving a story: Narrative formation over prolonged time scales engages social cognition and frontoparietal networks. Eur J Neurosci 2023; 57:809-823. [PMID: 36617430 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Forming narratives is of key importance to human experience, enabling one to render large amounts of information into relatively compacted stories for future retrieval, giving meaning to otherwise fragmented occurrences. The neural mechanisms that underlie coherent narrative construction of causally connected information over prolonged temporal periods are yet unclear. Participants in this fMRI study observed consecutive scenes from a full-length movie either in their original order, enabling causal inferences over time, or in reverse order, impeding a key component of coherent narratives-causal inference. In between scenes, we presented short periods of blank screens for examining post-encoding processing effects. Using multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) followed by seed-base correlation analysis, we hypothesized that networks involved in online monitoring of incoming information on the one hand, and offline processing of previous occurrences on the other would differ between the groups. We found that despite the exposure to the same scenes, the chronological-order condition exhibited enhanced functional connectivity in frontoparietal regions associated with information integration and working memory. The reverse-order condition yielded offline, post-scene coactivation of neural networks involved in social cognition and particularly theory of mind and action comprehension. These findings shed light on offline processes of narrative construction efforts, highlighting the role of social cognition networks in seeking for narrative coherence.
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- Amir Assouline
- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,The Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,The Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Li X, Li Y, Wang X, Hu W. Reduced brain activity and functional connectivity during creative idea generation in individuals with smartphone addiction. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2023; 18:6712258. [PMID: 36149062 PMCID: PMC9619470 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsac052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Since the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, the frequency of smartphone use has surged, which has caused an increase in smartphone addiction among individuals. Smartphone addiction can impair various cognitive abilities. However, to date, the impact of smartphone addiction on creative cognition remains unclear. The current functional near-infrared spectroscopy study compared neural differences between smartphone addiction tendency (SAT) and healthy control (HC) individuals during creative idea generation. In particular, by manipulating a key component of creative cognition, that is, overcoming semantic constraints, we explored whether SAT individuals could overcome semantic constraints. Both the SAT and HC groups completed the alternate uses task (AUT) in semantic constraint and unconstraint conditions. The results indicated that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and temporal regions were less active during AUT in the SAT group than in the HC group. In the SAT group, the PFC was less active under constraint than unconstraint conditions. Moreover, both task-related and resting-state functional connectivity analyses indicated weaker coupling between the PFC and temporal regions in the SAT than in the HC group. Furthermore, the left dorsolateral PFC mediated the effect of smartphone addiction on creative performance. These findings provide unprecedented neuroimaging evidence on the negative impact of smartphone addiction on creative cognition.
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- Xinyi Li
- Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.,Shaanxi Normal University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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- Centre for Mental Health Education, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.,Shaanxi Normal University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China
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Weber-Goericke F, Muehlhan M. High and low worriers do not differ in unstimulated resting-state brain connectivity. Sci Rep 2023; 13:3052. [PMID: 36810628 PMCID: PMC9944913 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28333-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Chronic, excessive and uncontrollable worry presents an anxiety rising and distressing mental activity relevant in a range of psychological disorders. Task based studies investigating its underlying neural mechanisms reveal fairly heterogenous results. The current study aimed to investigate pathological worry related effects on the functional neural network architecture in the resting unstimulated brain. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) we compared functional connectivity (FC) patterns between 21 high worriers and 21 low worriers. We, on the one hand, conducted a seed-to-voxel analysis based on recent meta-analytic findings and, on the other hand, implemented a data-driven multi voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) approach to yield brain clusters showing connectivity differences between the two groups. Additionally, the seed regions and MVPA were used to investigate whether whole brain connectivity is associated with momentary state worry across groups. The data did not reveal differences in resting-state FC related to pathological worry, neither by the seed-to-voxel or MVPA approach testing for differences linked to trait worry nor by using the MVPA to test for state worry related aberrations. We discuss whether the null findings in our analyses are related to spontaneous fluctuations in momentary worry and the associated presence of multiple fluctuating brain states that could cause mutually cancelling effects. For future studies investigating the neural correlates of excessive worry, we propose a direct worry induction for better control of the situation.
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- Fanny Weber-Goericke
- Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, 01187, Dresden, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457, Hamburg, Germany. .,ICAN Institute for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457, Hamburg, Germany.
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Lu K, Gao Z, Wang X, Qiao X, He Y, Zhang Y, Hao N. The hyper-brain neural couplings distinguishing high-creative group dynamics: an fNIRS hyperscanning study. Cereb Cortex 2023; 33:1630-1642. [PMID: 35441220 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This hyperscanning study aimed to identify a neural coupling profile that distinguishes high-creative group dynamics through functional near infrared spectroscopy. A total of 123 dyads completed one creativity task (alternative uses task, AUT) and contrast task (objective characteristics task). A K-means clustering analysis on AUT performance grouped 31/29 dyads into high/low-creative group, respectively. In comparison with the low-creative group, the high-creative group showed: (i) higher collective flexibility and delayed perspective-taking behaviors, but lower immediate perspective-taking behaviors; (ii) enhanced interpersonal brain synchronization (IBS) between the left inferior frontal gyrus (lIFG) and right motor cortex, and nodal Eloc at the right superior temporal gyrus (rSTG); (iii) declined intrapersonal functional connectivity between the right angular gyrus (rAG) and rSTG, and IBS between the lIFG and rAG. The enhanced neural couplings positively correlated with group creative performance, whereas a reverse correlation pattern existed in the declined ones. A leave-one-out cross-validation analysis showed these neural couplings reliably predicted group creative performance within the sample. These indicate that high-creative group dynamics are characterized by utilizing partners' shared information when necessary (e.g. encountering idea exhaustion). A neural coupling profile consisting of sophisticated interplays between regions within frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes may underlie high-creative creative dynamics.
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- Kelong Lu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Yu Y, Oh Y, Kounios J, Beeman M. Uncovering the Interplay of Oscillatory Processes During Creative Problem Solving: A Dynamic Modeling Approach. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2023; 35:438-454. [PMID: 38145249 PMCID: PMC10745236 DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2023.2172871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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To solve a new problem, people spontaneously engage multiple cognitive processes. Previous work has identified a diverse set of oscillatory components critical at different stages of creative problem solving. In this project, we use hidden state modeling to untangle the roles of oscillation processes over time as people solve puzzles. Building on earlier work, we further developed analytical methods, such as incorporating source separating techniques and identifying the optimal number of states using cross-validation. We extracted brain states characterized by spatio-spectral topographies from time-resolved EEG spectral powers. The data driven approach allowed us to infer the dynamic, trial-by-trial, state sequences, and provided a comprehensive depiction of how various oscillation components interact recurrently throughout the trial. The properties of the states suggest their dissociable cognitive functions. For example, we identified three states with dominant activation in alpha bands but having distinct spatial distributions. People were differentially engaged in these states depending on the stages (e.g., onset or response) and outcomes of the trials (solved with insight or analysis). The current approach, applicable to many tasks requiring extended trial duration, can potentially reconcile findings from previous EEG studies and drive new hypotheses to further our understanding of the complex creative process.
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Women and men have a similar potential for malevolent creativity - But their underlying brain mechanisms are different. Brain Res 2023; 1801:148201. [PMID: 36521515 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Research interest in gender differences in aggression and creative ideation cumulates in the phenomenon of malevolent creativity. Taking another critical step in understanding malevolent creativity, we investigated gender differences in brain activation and functional coupling of cortical sites in the EEG alpha band while n = 88 women and men purposefully generated malevolent creative ideas for taking revenge on others. Results showed that malevolent creativity performance between the genders was similar; however, their underlying EEG patterns were markedly different. While women exhibited a steep decrease of task-related alpha power from frontal to left central-temporal, men's malevolent creative ideation was characterized by a more diffuse pattern of task-related alpha power changes, along with decreased frontal-central coupling. Per interpretation, women's malevolent creative thinking may more strongly rely on controlled semantic memory retrieval and novel re-combination of social/relationship information, while men may utilize more automatic motor-related imagery that may predominantly facilitate physical revenge ideation. Our findings add novel evidence to the idea that women and men engage different neurocognitive strategies to achieve similar creative performance and may help to further illuminate the darker side of creative ideation.
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Pham CTA, Magistretti S, Dell'Era C. How do you frame ill‐defined problems? A study on creative logics in action. CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/caim.12543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Palmer KL, Shivgulam ME, Champod AS, Wilson BC, O'Brien MW, Bray NW. Exercise training augments brain function and reduces pain perception in adults with chronic pain: A systematic review of intervention studies. NEUROBIOLOGY OF PAIN (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.) 2023; 13:100129. [PMID: 37206154 PMCID: PMC10189552 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynpai.2023.100129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Introduction Chronic pain (CP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Pain may be measured using subjective questionnaires, but understanding the underlying physiology, such as brain function, could improve prognosis. Further, there has been a shift towards cost-effective lifestyle modification for the management of CP. Methods We conducted a systematic review (Registration: #CRD42022331870) using articles retrieved from four databases (Pubmed, EMBASE, AMED, and CINAHL) to assess the effect of exercise on brain function and pain perception/quality of life in adults with CP. Results Our search yielded 1879 articles; after exclusion, ten were included in the final review. Study participants were diagnosed with either osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia. However, two studies included "fibromyalgia and low back pain" or "fibromyalgia, back, and complex regional pain." Exercise interventions that were 12 weeks or longer (n = 8/10) altered brain function and improved pain and/or quality of life outcomes. The cortico-limbic pathway, default-mode network, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were key regions that experienced alterations post-intervention. All studies that reported an improvement in brain function also demonstrated an improvement in pain perception and/or quality of life. Discussion Our review suggests that alterations in brain function, notably the cortico-limbic, default-mode and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, may be responsible for the downstream improvements in the subjective experience of CP. Through appropriate programming (i.e., length of intervention), exercise may represent a viable option to manage CP via its positive influence on brain health.
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- Kierstyn L. Palmer
- School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Division of Kinesiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada
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- Dept. of Psychology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
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- School of Physiotherapy (Faculty of Health) and Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada
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- Cumming School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
- Corresponding author at: Lab of Human Cerebrovascular Physiology, MR Neuroimaging Lab, Heritage Medical Research Building, Room HMRB 128, Calgary, AB N6C 0A7, Canada.
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Dandan T, Jingjing S, Ruolin Z, Peng L, Xiaojing G, Qinglin Z, Jiang Q. Right inferior frontal gyrus gray matter density mediates the effect of tolerance of ambiguity on scientific problem finding. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-04007-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fan L, Zhuang K, Wang X, Zhang J, Liu C, Gu J, Qiu J. Exploring the behavioral and neural correlates of semantic distance in creative writing. Psychophysiology 2022; 60:e14239. [PMID: 36537015 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Creativity is critical to economic growth and societal progress. However, assessing creativity using objective approaches remains a challenge. To address this, we employ three objective indicators based on semantic distance to quantify the originality and appropriateness of creativity by analyzing long texts in a story-writing experiment. Global and local distances were generated separately by computing the mean distance of the whole text and the distance between adjacent sentences, and they were positively correlated with story originality in writing. Global cohesion was positively correlated with story rationality in writing, as generated by computing the semantic coherence between the text and story context. At the behavioral level, three semantic indicators were used to measure originality and appropriateness of creativity and reflected individual differences, including creative achievement and creative personality. At the neural level, global distance was best predicted by the features of the salience and default networks, whereas global cohesion corresponded to the control and salience networks. These findings point to a stable neural basis for semantic indicators and verify the idea of separating different dimensions of creativity. Taken together, our results demonstrate the significance of semantic indicators in assessing creativity and provide insights into analyzing long texts in natural paradigm.
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- Li Fan
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU) Ministry of Education Chongqing China
- Faculty of Psychology Southwest University Chongqing China
- Southwest University Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment Toward Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University Chongqing China
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Solé-Padullés C, Cattaneo G, Marchant NL, Cabello-Toscano M, Mulet-Pons L, Solana J, Bargalló N, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone Á, Bartrés-Faz D. Associations between repetitive negative thinking and resting-state network segregation among healthy middle-aged adults. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:1062887. [PMID: 36589537 PMCID: PMC9797808 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1062887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT) includes negative thoughts about the future and past, and is a risk factor for depression and anxiety. Prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices have been linked to RNT but several regions within large-scale networks are also involved, the efficiency of which depends on their ability to remain segregated. Methods Associations between RNT and system segregation (SyS) of the Anterior Salience Network (ASN), Default Mode Network (DMN) and Executive Control Network (ECN) were explored in healthy middle-aged adults (N = 341), after undergoing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Regression analyses were conducted with RNT as outcome variable. Explanatory variables were: SyS, depression, emotional stability, cognitive complaints, age and sex. Results Analyses indicated that RNT was associated with depression, emotional stability, cognitive complaints, age and segregation of the left ECN (LECN) and ASN. Further, the ventral DMN (vDMN) presented higher connectivity with the ASN and decreased connectivity with the LECN, as a function of RNT. Conclusion Higher levels of perseverative thinking were related to increased segregation of the LECN and decreased segregation of the ASN. The dissociative connectivity of these networks with the vDMN may partially account for poorer cognitive control and increased self-referential processes characteristic of RNT.
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- Cristina Solé-Padullés
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Magnetic Resonance Image Core Facility, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Magnetic Resonance Image Core Facility, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain,Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain,Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Barcelona, Spain,*Correspondence: David Bartrés-Faz,
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