Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule
The creativity literature is in search of a viable cognitive measure which can provide support for behavioral observations that higher ideational output is often associated with higher creativity (known as the equal-odds rule). One such measure has included divergent thinking: the production of many...
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| author | Rex Eugene Jung Chris J Wertz Christine A Meadows Sephira G Ryman Andrei A Vakhtin Ranee A Flores |
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| description | The creativity literature is in search of a viable cognitive measure which can provide support for behavioral observations that higher ideational output is often associated with higher creativity (known as the equal-odds rule). One such measure has included divergent thinking: the production of many examples or uses for a common or single object or image. We sought to test the equal-odds rule using a measure of divergent thinking, and applied the consensual assessment technique to determine creative responses as opposed to merely original responses. We also sought to determine structural brain correlates of both ideational fluency and ideational creativity. Two-hundred forty-six subjects were subjected to a broad battery of behavioral measures, including a core measure of divergent thinking (Foresight), and measures of intelligence, creative achievement, and personality (i.e., Openness to Experience). Cortical thickness and subcortical volumes (e.g., thalamus) were measured using automated techniques (FreeSurfer). We found that higher number of responses on the divergent thinking task was significantly associated with higher creativity (r = .73) as independently assessed by three judges. Moreover, we found that creativity was predicted by cortical thickness in regions including the left frontal pole and left parahippocampal gyrus. These results support the equal-odds rule, and provide neuronal evidence implicating brain regions involved with thinking about the future and extracting future prospects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ca58b60413048af95010ae636e2dc4c2022-12-22T02:39:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-06-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.00864147634Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds ruleRex Eugene Jung0Chris J Wertz1Christine A Meadows2Sephira G Ryman3Andrei A Vakhtin4Ranee A Flores5University of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoThe creativity literature is in search of a viable cognitive measure which can provide support for behavioral observations that higher ideational output is often associated with higher creativity (known as the equal-odds rule). One such measure has included divergent thinking: the production of many examples or uses for a common or single object or image. We sought to test the equal-odds rule using a measure of divergent thinking, and applied the consensual assessment technique to determine creative responses as opposed to merely original responses. We also sought to determine structural brain correlates of both ideational fluency and ideational creativity. Two-hundred forty-six subjects were subjected to a broad battery of behavioral measures, including a core measure of divergent thinking (Foresight), and measures of intelligence, creative achievement, and personality (i.e., Openness to Experience). Cortical thickness and subcortical volumes (e.g., thalamus) were measured using automated techniques (FreeSurfer). We found that higher number of responses on the divergent thinking task was significantly associated with higher creativity (r = .73) as independently assessed by three judges. Moreover, we found that creativity was predicted by cortical thickness in regions including the left frontal pole and left parahippocampal gyrus. These results support the equal-odds rule, and provide neuronal evidence implicating brain regions involved with thinking about the future and extracting future prospects.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00864/fullImaginationMagnetic Resonance Imagingcreativitydivergent thinkingNeuroimaging (anatomic and functional)creative cognition |
| spellingShingle | Rex Eugene Jung Chris J Wertz Christine A Meadows Sephira G Ryman Andrei A Vakhtin Ranee A Flores Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule Frontiers in Psychology Imagination Magnetic Resonance Imaging creativity divergent thinking Neuroimaging (anatomic and functional) creative cognition |
| title | Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule |
| title_full | Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule |
| title_fullStr | Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule |
| title_short | Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity: A brain and behavioral test of the equal-odds rule |
| title_sort | quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity a brain and behavioral test of the equal odds rule |
| topic | Imagination Magnetic Resonance Imaging creativity divergent thinking Neuroimaging (anatomic and functional) creative cognition |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00864/full |
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