Where do bright ideas occur in our brain? Meta-analytic evidence from neuroimaging studies of domain-specific creativity

Where do bright ideas occur in our brain? Meta-analytic evidence from neuroimaging studies of domain-specific creativity

Many studies have assessed the neural underpinnings of creativity, failing to find a clear anatomical localization. We aimed to provide evidence for a multi-componential neural system for creativity. We applied a general activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis to 45 fMRI studies. Three...

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Main Authors: Maddalena eBoccia, Laura ePiccardi, Liana ePalermo, Raffaella eNori, Massimiliano ePalmiero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
creativity
divergent thinking
executive functions
Verbal Processing
Idea generation
Musical improvisation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01195/full

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