Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data
Creativity is of central importance for human civilization, yet its neurocognitive bases are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to integrate existing functional imaging data by using the meta-analysis approach. We reviewed 34 functional imaging studies that reported activation foci...
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doaj-4a41acfd7f0d4547b4b079aad59ca7602020-11-25T03:52:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612013-08-01710.3389/fnhum.2013.0046554455Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging dataGil eGonen-Yaacovi0Leonardo Cruz de Souza1Leonardo Cruz de Souza2Leonardo Cruz de Souza3Richard eLevy4Richard eLevy5Richard eLevy6Richard eLevy7Marika eUrbanski8Marika eUrbanski9Marika eUrbanski10Marika eUrbanski11Goulven eJosse12Goulven eJosse13Goulven eJosse14Emmanuelle eVolle15Emmanuelle eVolle16Emmanuelle eVolle17Ben-Gurion University of the NegevINSERMUPMC paris 6CNRSINSERMUPMC paris 6CNRSAPHPINSERMUPMC paris 6CNRSHôpitaux de Saint-MauriceINSERMUPMC paris 6CNRSINSERMUPMC paris 6CNRSCreativity is of central importance for human civilization, yet its neurocognitive bases are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to integrate existing functional imaging data by using the meta-analysis approach. We reviewed 34 functional imaging studies that reported activation foci during tasks assumed to engage creative thinking in healthy adults. A coordinate-based meta-analysis using Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) first showed a set of predominantly left-hemispheric regions shared by the various creativity tasks examined. These regions included the caudal lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC), the medial and lateral rostral PFC, and the inferior parietal and posterior temporal cortices. Further analyses showed that tasks involving the combination of remote information (combination tasks) activated more anterior areas of the lateral PFC than tasks involving the free generation of unusual responses (unusual generation tasks), although both types of tasks shared caudal prefrontal areas. In addition, verbal and non-verbal tasks involved the same regions in the left caudal prefrontal, temporal, and parietal areas, but also distinct domain-oriented areas. Taken together, these findings suggest that several frontal and parieto-temporal regions may support cognitive processes shared by diverse creativity tasks, and that some regions may be specialized for distinct types of processes. In particular, the lateral PFC appeared to be organized along a rostro-caudal axis, with rostral regions involved in combining ideas creatively and more posterior regions involved in freely generating novel ideas.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00465/fullcreativitydivergent thinkingMeta-analysisfunctional imagingsemantic associationscreative thinking |
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Gil eGonen-Yaacovi Leonardo Cruz de Souza Leonardo Cruz de Souza Leonardo Cruz de Souza Richard eLevy Richard eLevy Richard eLevy Richard eLevy Marika eUrbanski Marika eUrbanski Marika eUrbanski Marika eUrbanski Goulven eJosse Goulven eJosse Goulven eJosse Emmanuelle eVolle Emmanuelle eVolle Emmanuelle eVolle Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data Frontiers in Human Neuroscience creativity divergent thinking Meta-analysis functional imaging semantic associations creative thinking |
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Gil eGonen-Yaacovi Leonardo Cruz de Souza Leonardo Cruz de Souza Leonardo Cruz de Souza Richard eLevy Richard eLevy Richard eLevy Richard eLevy Marika eUrbanski Marika eUrbanski Marika eUrbanski Marika eUrbanski Goulven eJosse Goulven eJosse Goulven eJosse Emmanuelle eVolle Emmanuelle eVolle Emmanuelle eVolle |
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Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data |
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Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data |
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Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data |
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Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data |
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Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: A meta-analysis of functional imaging data |
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rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: a meta-analysis of functional imaging data |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
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Creativity is of central importance for human civilization, yet its neurocognitive bases are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to integrate existing functional imaging data by using the meta-analysis approach. We reviewed 34 functional imaging studies that reported activation foci during tasks assumed to engage creative thinking in healthy adults. A coordinate-based meta-analysis using Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) first showed a set of predominantly left-hemispheric regions shared by the various creativity tasks examined. These regions included the caudal lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC), the medial and lateral rostral PFC, and the inferior parietal and posterior temporal cortices. Further analyses showed that tasks involving the combination of remote information (combination tasks) activated more anterior areas of the lateral PFC than tasks involving the free generation of unusual responses (unusual generation tasks), although both types of tasks shared caudal prefrontal areas. In addition, verbal and non-verbal tasks involved the same regions in the left caudal prefrontal, temporal, and parietal areas, but also distinct domain-oriented areas. Taken together, these findings suggest that several frontal and parieto-temporal regions may support cognitive processes shared by diverse creativity tasks, and that some regions may be specialized for distinct types of processes. In particular, the lateral PFC appeared to be organized along a rostro-caudal axis, with rostral regions involved in combining ideas creatively and more posterior regions involved in freely generating novel ideas. |
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creativity divergent thinking Meta-analysis functional imaging semantic associations creative thinking |
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