Creativity and ADHD: A review of behavioral studies, the effect of psychostimulants and neural underpinnings

M Hoogman, M Stolte, M Baas… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a debilitating disorder and most research
therefore focuses on its deficits and its treatment. Research on the potential positive sides of …

Uninhibited imaginations: creativity in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

HA White, P Shah - Personality and individual differences, 2006 - Elsevier
This study applies a theoretical approach to understanding creativity of ADHD individuals in
terms of inhibitory control and its relative import in two aspects of creativity: divergent and …

Creative thinking in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

A Abraham, S Windmann, R Siefen, I Daum… - Child …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
A widened attentional focus, that is typically associated with ADHD, has been postulated to
be accompanied by enhanced creative ability. However, creativity has been only limitedly …

Creative style and achievement in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

HA White, P Shah - Personality and individual differences, 2011 - Elsevier
Previous research has suggested that adults with ADHD perform better on some measures
of creativity than non-ADHD adults (White & Shah, 2006). The present study replicated …

Creativity in ADHD: goal-directed motivation and domain specificity

N Boot, B Nevicka, M Baas - Journal of attention disorders, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This research aimed to provide explanations for the inconsistent findings
regarding creativity in ADHD. Method: In Study 1, we assessed real-world creative …

Subclinical symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are associated with specific creative processes

N Boot, B Nevicka, M Baas - Personality and Individual Differences, 2017 - Elsevier
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder
characterized by distractibility, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior. Although ADHD …

Attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder and creativity—What is the connection?

B Cramond - The Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The focus of this article is on the similarities between the behavioral manifestations of ADHD
and creativity, some speculations about their common etiology, some illustrative case …

Advancing the clinical science of creativity

MJC Forgeard, JG Elstein - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Can the therapeutic benefits of creativity explain its documented association with
psychopathology (Andreasen, 1987; Ludwig, 1995)? Past research seems to have devoted …

The cognitive neuroscience of creativity: A critical review

K Sawyer - Creativity research journal, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Cognitive neuroscience studies of creativity have appeared with increasing frequently in
recent years. Yet to date, no comprehensive and critical review of these studies has yet been …

An investigation into the relationship among ADHD symptomatology, creativity, and neuropsychological functioning in children

D Healey, JJ Rucklidge - Child Neuropsychology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examined the relationship between creativity and ADHD symptomatology. First,
the presence of ADHD symptomatology within a creative sample was explored. Secondly …