Based on functional MRI data from 163 people, average age 22.5 years, researchers report a functional brain network associated with creative ability involving brain regions belonging to the default mode, executive, and salience networks, which typically work in opposition to each other, and that the strength of functional connectivity within this network could predict an individual's score on a test of creative thinking ability.
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Article #17-13532: "Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity," by Roger E. Beaty et al.
MEDIA CONTACT: Roger E. Beaty, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; tel: 717-497-6365; e-mail: < roger_beaty@g.harvard.edu >
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences