TY - JOUR
T1 - Implications of large-sample neuroimaging studies of creativity measured by divergent thinking
AU - Takeuchi, Hikaru
AU - Kawashima, Ryuta
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by JST/RISTEX and JST/CREST . This study was supported by JST/RISTEX, JST/CREST, a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) ( KAKENHI 23700306 ), and a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) ( KAKENHI 25700012 ) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. The authors would like to thank Enago ( www.enago.jp ) for the English language review.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - In this review, we review recent studies that have investigated the neural bases of individual differences in creativity measured by divergent thinking (CMDT and relevant cognitive characteristics) with large samples (N > several hundreds) and reviews. The effect sizes of all observed correlations in these studies were weak. In some findings of volumetry, globally spread weak effects were observed. In some other findings, significant and robust interactions between sex and CMDT were observed, in particular for structural and functional connectivity analyses. In accordance with our findings, we suggest that, overall, an increased sample size, combined with robust statistics or meta-analytic approaches, are important to reveal a comprehensive picture of the neural bases of individual differences in CMDT in this field.
AB - In this review, we review recent studies that have investigated the neural bases of individual differences in creativity measured by divergent thinking (CMDT and relevant cognitive characteristics) with large samples (N > several hundreds) and reviews. The effect sizes of all observed correlations in these studies were weak. In some findings of volumetry, globally spread weak effects were observed. In some other findings, significant and robust interactions between sex and CMDT were observed, in particular for structural and functional connectivity analyses. In accordance with our findings, we suggest that, overall, an increased sample size, combined with robust statistics or meta-analytic approaches, are important to reveal a comprehensive picture of the neural bases of individual differences in CMDT in this field.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.12.009
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85060115091
SN - 2352-1546
VL - 27
SP - 139
EP - 145
JO - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
JF - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
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