The prefrontal cortex is so important to human beings that, if deprived of it, our behaviour is
reduced to action-reactions and automatisms, with no ability to make deliberate decisions …

Creativity is of central importance for human civilization, yet its neurocognitive bases are
poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to integrate existing functional imaging …

Abstract See Burgess (doi: 10.1093/brain/aww092) for a scientific commentary on this
article. Analogical reasoning is at the core of the generalization and abstraction processes …

This paper presents the results of studying the brain activations of 30 engineering students
when using three different design concept generation techniques: brainstorming …

Ideation is a key phase in engineering design and brainstorming is an established method
for ideation. A limitation of the brainstorming process is idea production tends to peak at the …

This article proposes that what have been historically and contemporarily defined as
different domains of human cognition are served by one of four functionally-and structurally …

Objective Neurocognitive impairment is a frequent complication of moyamoya disease in
adults, but the long-term outcomes of neurocognitive function remain unclear. We evaluated …

Abstract Concept formation is the ability to create an abstract link between dissimilar objects
or thoughts and is crucial for abstract and creative thinking. This process is related to the …

The think-aloud protocol provides researchers an insight into the designer's mental state, but
little is understood about how thinking aloud influences design. The study presented in this …

Background Patients with neurodegenerative diseases affecting the frontal lobes have
difficulties in categorization tasks, such as the similarity tasks. They give two types of …