About this Research Topic
Creative activity is usually defined as the creation of new, extraordinary ideas or images with the avoidance of stereotypes and traditional schemes in the performance of any task. One of the most mystifying events in creative and cognitive thinking is insight. The construction of a theoretical model of the creative brain is possible when we jointly consider the diversity of studies: the brain activity data in both - creative activity and insight in different conditions, and at REST in everyday life of ordinary people and art professionals. Structural and functional results will be considered in order to explore the anatomical and functional features of the creative brain, insight and creative activity in different conditions.
Original research, brief reports, and review papers are welcome which focus on:
- neurophysiology of verbal and nonverbal creative processes (EEG, fMRI, fNIRS, and other physiological data on brain activity during creative task performance in different conditions, i.e. social interaction)
- neurophysiology of insight in creative and cognitive decision-making (ERP and visualization data at insight tasks)
- neurophysiology of creative brain (structural and functional data of resting state related to creative abilities)
- development and changes of creative processes across life and according to professional creative/art activity.
Keywords: Creativity, insight, psychophysiology, EEG mapping, ERP, (f)MRI, cognition, intelligence, information processes, math, social interactions
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