[HTML][HTML] Metacontrol of human creativity: The neurocognitive mechanisms of convergent and divergent thinking

W Zhang, Z Sjoerds, B Hommel - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Creativity is a complex construct that would benefit from a more comprehensive mechanistic
approach. Two processes have been defined to be central to creative cognition: divergent …

[HTML][HTML] EEG alpha power and creative ideation

A Fink, M Benedek - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Neuroscientific studies revealed first insights into neural mechanisms underlying creativity,
but existing findings are highly variegated and often inconsistent. Despite the disappointing …

A review of EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies of creativity and insight.

A Dietrich, R Kanso - Psychological bulletin, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
Creativity is a cornerstone of what makes us human, yet the neural mechanisms underlying
creative thinking are poorly understood. A recent surge of interest into the neural …

[HTML][HTML] To create or to recall? Neural mechanisms underlying the generation of creative new ideas

M Benedek, E Jauk, A Fink, K Koschutnig, G Reishofer… - NeuroImage, 2014 - Elsevier
This fMRI study investigated brain activation during creative idea generation using a novel
approach allowing spontaneous self-paced generation and expression of ideas …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha power increases in right parietal cortex reflects focused internal attention

M Benedek, RJ Schickel, E Jauk, A Fink, AC Neubauer - Neuropsychologia, 2014 - Elsevier
This study investigated the functional significance of EEG alpha power increases, a finding
that is consistently observed in various memory tasks and specifically during divergent …

Information technology use and creativity: Findings from the Children and Technology Project

LA Jackson, EA Witt, AI Games, HE Fitzgerald… - Computers in human …, 2012 - Elsevier
This research examined relationships between children's information technology (IT) use
and their creativity. Four types of information technology were considered: computer use …

Neurocognitive control in dance perception and performance

B Bläsing, B Calvo-Merino, ES Cross, C Jola… - Acta psychologica, 2012 - Elsevier
Dance is a rich source of material for researchers interested in the integration of movement
and cognition. The multiple aspects of embodied cognition involved in performing and …

[HTML][HTML] Dance on the brain: enhancing intra-and inter-brain synchrony

JC Basso, MK Satyal, R Rugh - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dance has traditionally been viewed from a Eurocentric perspective as a mode of self-
expression that involves the human body moving through space, performed for the purposes …

Divergent thinking and creative achievement—How strong is the link? An updated meta-analysis.

S Said-Metwaly, CL Taylor, A Camarda… - … of Aesthetics, Creativity …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Achieving creativity in the real-world depends on multiple individual and environmental
factors. Among them, divergent thinking (DT) has long been considered a key ingredient of …

Neuroanatomy of creativity

RE Jung, JM Segall, H Jeremy Bockholt… - Human brain …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Creativity has long been a construct of interest to philosophers, psychologists and, more
recently, neuroscientists. Recent efforts have focused on cognitive processes likely to be …