scholarly journals Exploring Neural Signal Complexity as a Potential Link between Creative Thinking, Intelligence, and Cognitive Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Yadwinder Kaur ◽  
Selina Weiss ◽  
Changsong Zhou ◽  
Rico Fischer ◽  
Andrea Hildebrandt
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Crystallized Intelligence ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
Multiple Neural Networks ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Signal Complexity ◽  
The Relationship

Functional connectivity studies have demonstrated that creative thinking builds upon an interplay of multiple neural networks involving the cognitive control system. Theoretically, cognitive control has generally been discussed as the common basis underlying the positive relationship between creative thinking and intelligence. However, the literature still lacks a detailed investigation of the association patterns between cognitive control, the factors of creative thinking as measured by divergent thinking (DT) tasks, i.e., fluency and originality, and intelligence, both fluid and crystallized. In the present study, we explored these relationships at the behavioral and the neural level, based on N = 77 young adults. We focused on brain-signal complexity (BSC), parameterized by multi-scale entropy (MSE), as measured during a verbal DT and a cognitive control task. We demonstrated that MSE is a sensitive neural indicator of originality as well as inhibition. Then, we explore the relationships between MSE and factor scores indicating DT and intelligence. In a series of across-scalp analyses, we show that the overall MSE measured during a DT task, as well as MSE measured in cognitive control states, are associated with fluency and originality at specific scalp locations, but not with fluid and crystallized intelligence. The present explorative study broadens our understanding of the relationship between creative thinking, intelligence, and cognitive control from the perspective of BSC and has the potential to inspire future BSC-related theories of creative thinking.

Divergent Thinking and Hemispheric Dominance for Language Function among Preschool Children

1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Walker Tegano ◽  
Victoria R. Fu ◽  
James D. Moran
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Dichotic Listening ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Hemispheric Dominance ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Product Improvement ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Task Stimulus

An investigation of the relationship of hemispheric dominance (dichotic listening) and divergent thinking (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) with 27 preschool children (11 males and 16 females; mean age of 4–8) indicated a positive relationship between right hemispheric dominance and scores on the Product Improvement task. Low intertask correlations suggested that the Unusual Uses and Product Improvement tasks were not measuring the same construct. These findings were discussed with regard to nature of the task (stimulus specificity) and the age of the subjects in this study. The findings show that divergent thinking is associated with right hemispheric dominance in children as young as 4 years.

Divergent Thinking Abilities as a Function of Daydreaming Frequency

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Steve Kanter
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Verbal Creativity ◽  
Creative Abilities ◽  
The Relationship

One hundred seventy-four subjects were tested to determine the relationship between daydreaming frequency and different measures of creativity. Daydreaming frequency was determined by self-report method and creativity was measured by a figural form of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. A Goodenough-Harris test was used to control for the effect of IQ. The frequent daydreaming group was found to be significantly less fluent than the general population. Creativity scores tabulated on a per-response basis demonstrated total figural creativity, originality, and elaboration positively related and title originality negatively related to daydreaming frequency. These results suggest that frequent daydreamers are slow in response production, weak in verbal creativity, but gifted in visual creative abilities.

scholarly journals On the Trail of Creativity: Dimensionality of Divergent Thinking and its Relation with Cognitive Abilities, Personality, and Insight

2020 ◽  
pp. per.2288 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Weiss ◽  
D. Steger ◽  
Y. Kaur ◽  
A. Hildebrandt ◽  
U. Schroeders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Crystallized Intelligence ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Relevant Covariates

Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies ( N = 152 and N = 298), we evaluate competing measurement models for a variety of DT tests and examine the relationship between DT and established cognitive abilities, personality traits, and insight. A nested factor model with a general DT and a nested originality factor described the data well. In Study 1, DT was moderately related with working memory, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, and mental speed. In Study 2, we replicate these results and add insight, openness, extraversion, and honesty–humility as covariates. DT was associated with insight, extraversion, and honesty–humility, whereas crystallized intelligence mediated the relationship between openness and DT. In contrast, the nested originality factor (i.e. the specificity of originality tasks beyond other DT tasks) had low variance and was not meaningfully related with any other constructs in the nomological net. We highlight avenues for future research by discussing issues of measurement and scoring.

scholarly journals Subcortical Structures and Creative Divergent Thinking: A Resting-State functional MRI Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenni Gao ◽  
Xiaojin Liu ◽  
Delong Zhang ◽  
Ming Liu ◽  
Ning Hao
Keyword(s):  
Resting State ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Resting State Fmri ◽  
Middle Temporal Gyrus ◽  
Subcortical Structures ◽  
Motor Pathways ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spontaneous Fluctuations ◽  
Dopaminergic Pathways

Abstract This study aimed to testify whether spontaneous fluctuations in the subcortex contribute to creative divergent thinking. Individuals at high- and low levels of creativity were recruited and the resting-state fMRI data was collected. Seed-wise and dynamic functional connectivity (FC) were used to identify differences between the two groups. The topological properties of the subcortical network were measured, and their relationship with performance of creative divergent thinking was calculated using brain-behaviour correlation analyses. The results revealed higher FC between the putamen, pallidum, and thalamus in high creativity group (HCG) compared to low creativity group (LCG) within the subcortex. Whole-brain FC results showed stronger connection across subcortical (i.e., the thalamus and pallidum) and cerebral regions (i.e., the insula, middle frontal gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus) in HCG compared to LCG. In addition, the subcortical FC demonstrated a positive correlation with performance of creative thinking across the pallidum, putamen, and thalamus. Our findings may provide novel insights into the relationship between creative divergent thinking and the activities of the subcortex. It is likely that not only fronto-striatal dopaminergic pathways, but also “motor” pathways, are involved in creative thinking processing.

Investment Traits and Intelligence in Adulthood

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie von Stumm
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Intelligence Tests ◽  
Crystallized Intelligence ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Intelligence-as-knowledge in adulthood is influenced by individual differences in intelligence-as-process (i.e., fluid intelligence) and in personality traits that determine when, where, and how people invest their intelligence over time. Here, the relationship between two investment traits (i.e., Openness to Experience and Need for Cognition), intelligence-as-process and intelligence-as-knowledge, as assessed by a battery of crystallized intelligence tests and a new knowledge measure, was examined. The results showed that (1) both investment traits were positively associated with intelligence-as-knowledge; (2) this effect was stronger for Openness to Experience than for Need for Cognition; and (3) associations between investment and intelligence-as-knowledge reduced when adjusting for intelligence-as-process but remained mostly significant.

Cognitive control of convergent and divergent thinking: A control-state approach to human creativity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Hommel ◽  
Soghra Akbari Chermahini ◽  
Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg ◽  
Lorenza S. Colzato
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
Control State

Statistical Analysis of the Relationship Between Antioxidant Activity and the Structure of Flavonoid Compounds

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 3103-3107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Glevitzky ◽  
Gabriela Alina Dumitrel ◽  
Mirel Glevitzky ◽  
Bianca Pasca ◽  
Pavel Otrisal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Antioxidant Activities ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Oh Groups ◽  
Flavonoid Compounds ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Van Der Waals Surface ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Phenolic Oh Groups

Using different methods of statistics, this paper aims to highlight the potential link between the antioxidant activity of flavonoids and the corresponding molecular descriptors. By calculating the descriptors (van der Waals surface (A), molar volume (V), partition coefficient (LogP), refractivity (R), polarizability (a), forming heat (Hformation), hydration energy (Ehidr), the dipole moment (mt)), together with antioxidant activities (RSA) calculated or taken from the literature, number of phenolic -OH groups and the presence (2) or absence (1) of C2=C3 double bond) for 29 flavonoid compounds and by intercorrelation between the studied parameters, the link between the number of phenolic groups grafted to the basic structure of flavonoids and their antioxidant activity was confirmed. Simultaneously, by using the chi-squared test and the intercorrelations matrix, a satisfactorily correlation coefficient (r2=0.5678; r=0.7536) between the structure of the flavonoids and their activity was obtained, fact that confirms the correlation of the antioxidant activity with the number of -OH phenolic groups.

scholarly journals Regular Vigorous-Intensity Physical Activity and Walking Are Associated with Divergent but Not Convergent Thinking in Japanese Young Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1046
Author(s):  
Chong Chen ◽  
Yasuhiro Mochizuki ◽  
Kosuke Hagiwara ◽  
Masako Hirotsu ◽  
Shin Nakagawa
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Exercise Intervention ◽  
Convergent Thinking ◽  
Intervention Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vigorous Intensity

The beneficial effects of regular physical activity (PA) on cognitive functions have received much attention. Recent research suggests that regular PA may also enhance creative thinking, an indispensable cognitive factor for invention and innovation. However, at what intensity regular PA brings the most benefits to creative thinking remains uninvestigated. Furthermore, whether the levels of regular PA affect the acute PA effects on creative thinking is also unclear. In the present study, using a previous dataset that investigated the effects of an acute bout of aerobic exercise on creative thinking in healthy Japanese young adults (22.98 ± 1.95 years old) in the year 2020, we tested the association between different intensities of regular PA (i.e., vigorous, moderate, and walking) and creative thinking with the cross-sectional baseline data using multiple linear regression. We also investigated whether regular PA levels were associated with the acute aerobic exercise intervention effects on creative thinking. The results showed that cross-sectionally, the regular PAs were differentially associated with divergent but not convergent thinking. Specifically, whereas the amount of vigorous-intensity PA was positively associated with fluency and flexibility, the amount of walking was positively associated with novelty on the alternate uses test (AUT) measuring divergent thinking. Importantly, the explained variances of fluency, flexibility, and novelty were 20.3% (p = 0.040), 18.8% (p = 0.055), and 20.1% (p = 0.043), respectively. None of the regular PAs predicted convergent thinking (i.e., an insight problem-solving task), nor were they associated with the acute aerobic exercise intervention effects on divergent and convergent thinking. These findings suggest that engaging in regular vigorous-intensity PA and walking may be useful strategies to enhance different aspects of divergent thinking in daily life.

The relationship between migration and Chinese children's divergent thinking.

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoguo Shi ◽  
Meihua Qian ◽  
Yongli Lu ◽  
Jonathan A. Plucker ◽  
Chongde Lin
Keyword(s):  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
The Relationship
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