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Fink, A; Grabner, RH; Gebauer, D; Reishofer, G; Koschutnig, K; Ebner, F.
Enhancing creativity by means of cognitive stimulation: Evidence from an fMRI study.
Neuroimage. 2010; 52(4): 1687-1695.
Doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.072
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- Ebner Franz
- Koschutnig Karl
- Pinter Daniela Theresia
- Reishofer Gernot
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- Cognitive stimulation via the exposure to ideas of other people is an effective tool in stimulating creativity in group-based creativity techniques. In this fMRI study, we investigate whether creative cognition can be enhanced through idea sharing and how performance improvements are reflected in brain activity. Thirty-one participants had to generate alternative uses of everyday objects during fMRI recording. Additionally, participants performed this task after a time period in which they had to reflect on their ideas or in which they were confronted with stimulus-related ideas of others. Cognitive stimulation was effective in improving originality, and this performance improvement was associated with activation increases in a neural network including right-hemispheric temporo-parietal, medial frontal, and posterior cingulate cortices, bilaterally. Given the involvement of these brain areas in semantic integration, memory retrieval, and attentional processes, cognitive stimulation could have resulted in a modulation of bottom-up attention enabling participants to produce more original ideas. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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