Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease
Abstract Background Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been reported to exhibit unusual bouts of creativity (e.g., painting, writing), in particular in the context of treatment with dopaminergic agents. Here we investigated divergent and convergent thinking thought to underlie creativity. I...
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| author | Marcus Heldmann Celia Rinckens Norbert Brüggemann Mohamed Al-Khaled Thomas F. Münte |
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| description | Abstract Background Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been reported to exhibit unusual bouts of creativity (e.g., painting, writing), in particular in the context of treatment with dopaminergic agents. Here we investigated divergent and convergent thinking thought to underlie creativity. In addition we assessed cognitive estimation. Method Twenty PD patients and 20 matched healthy control participants were subjected to the Guilford Alternate Uses task (divergent thinking), the remote associates task (convergent thinking) and two tests of cognitive estimation. Results No group differences were found for the convergent thinking task, while the Guilford Alternate Uses task revealed a decreased number of correct responses and a reduced originality for PD patients. Originality in PD was correlated to total daily dose of dopaminergic medication. Moreover, both tasks of cognitive estimation showed an impairment in PD. Conclusion Only minor effects were found for psychometric indices of subprocesses of creative thinking, while estimation, relying on executive functioning, is impaired in PD. We suggest to take a product oriented view of creativity in further research on altered creative processes in PD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-474e51ef632546578ce04b6ef5e8cfcd2024-03-06T08:07:48ZengBMCNeurological Research and Practice2524-34892024-02-016111010.1186/s42466-023-00304-1Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s diseaseMarcus Heldmann0Celia Rinckens1Norbert Brüggemann2Mohamed Al-Khaled3Thomas F. Münte4Department of Neurology, University of LübeckDepartment of Neurology, University of LübeckDepartment of Neurology, University of LübeckDepartment of Neurology, University of LübeckCenter for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of LübeckAbstract Background Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been reported to exhibit unusual bouts of creativity (e.g., painting, writing), in particular in the context of treatment with dopaminergic agents. Here we investigated divergent and convergent thinking thought to underlie creativity. In addition we assessed cognitive estimation. Method Twenty PD patients and 20 matched healthy control participants were subjected to the Guilford Alternate Uses task (divergent thinking), the remote associates task (convergent thinking) and two tests of cognitive estimation. Results No group differences were found for the convergent thinking task, while the Guilford Alternate Uses task revealed a decreased number of correct responses and a reduced originality for PD patients. Originality in PD was correlated to total daily dose of dopaminergic medication. Moreover, both tasks of cognitive estimation showed an impairment in PD. Conclusion Only minor effects were found for psychometric indices of subprocesses of creative thinking, while estimation, relying on executive functioning, is impaired in PD. We suggest to take a product oriented view of creativity in further research on altered creative processes in PD.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-023-00304-1Parkinson’s diseaseDivergent thinkingConvergent thinkingCreativityCognitive estimationDopamine |
| spellingShingle | Marcus Heldmann Celia Rinckens Norbert Brüggemann Mohamed Al-Khaled Thomas F. Münte Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease Neurological Research and Practice Parkinson’s disease Divergent thinking Convergent thinking Creativity Cognitive estimation Dopamine |
| title | Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_full | Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_fullStr | Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_short | Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease |
| title_sort | creative thinking and cognitive estimation in parkinson s disease |
| topic | Parkinson’s disease Divergent thinking Convergent thinking Creativity Cognitive estimation Dopamine |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-023-00304-1 |
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