Structural Brain Correlates of Creative Personality: A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study
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| Title: | Structural Brain Correlates of Creative Personality: A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Divya Sadana, Rajnish Kumar Gupta, S. S. Kumaran (ORCID |
| Source: | Gifted and Talented International. 2024 39(2):111-121. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Brain Hemisphere Functions, Brain, Correlation, Creativity, Personality Traits, Professional Personnel, Artists, Adults, Handedness, Intelligence Tests, Visual Arts, Music, Dance, Creative Writing, Architecture, Humor, Theater Arts, Film Study, Food, Scientific Literacy, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | India |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, Raven Progressive Matrices |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15332276.2024.2412576 |
| ISSN: | 1533-2276 |
| Abstract: | The current study explored the neuroanatomical basis of creative personality using the voxel-based morphometric (VBM) approach. The sample comprised two groups -- Creative (CR) group (professional creative artists) and matched controls with no demonstrated artistic creativity (NC) with 20 participants in each group, in the age range of 20-40 years, right-handed (screened using Edinburgh Handedness Inventory) and had minimum average intelligence (IQ > 90 on Raven's Progressive Matrices). Professional creative artists were selected using the creativity achievement questionnaire, creativity was assessed using the Wallach & Kogan test of creativity, and personality was administered using NEO-FFI. The result indicates that creative individuals have significantly higher openness to new experiences and it positively correlates with the right middle frontal gyrus. VBM analysis indicates increased gray matter volume in the inferior frontal gyrus and anterior cingulate gyrus in the CR group, pointing toward the integration of cognitive and imaginative processes that might be implicated in creative personality. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1454785 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The current study explored the neuroanatomical basis of creative personality using the voxel-based morphometric (VBM) approach. The sample comprised two groups -- Creative (CR) group (professional creative artists) and matched controls with no demonstrated artistic creativity (NC) with 20 participants in each group, in the age range of 20-40 years, right-handed (screened using Edinburgh Handedness Inventory) and had minimum average intelligence (IQ > 90 on Raven's Progressive Matrices). Professional creative artists were selected using the creativity achievement questionnaire, creativity was assessed using the Wallach & Kogan test of creativity, and personality was administered using NEO-FFI. The result indicates that creative individuals have significantly higher openness to new experiences and it positively correlates with the right middle frontal gyrus. VBM analysis indicates increased gray matter volume in the inferior frontal gyrus and anterior cingulate gyrus in the CR group, pointing toward the integration of cognitive and imaginative processes that might be implicated in creative personality. |
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| ISSN: | 1533-2276 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15332276.2024.2412576 |
