TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional homogeneity, resting-state functional connectivity and amplitude of low frequency fluctuation associated with creativity measured by divergent thinking in a sex-specific manner
AU - Takeuchi, Hikaru
AU - Taki, Yasuyuki
AU - Nouchi, Rui
AU - Yokoyama, Ryoichi
AU - Kotozaki, Yuka
AU - Nakagawa, Seishu
AU - Sekiguchi, Atsushi
AU - Iizuka, Kunio
AU - Yamamoto, Yuki
AU - Hanawa, Sugiko
AU - Araki, Tsuyoshi
AU - Makoto Miyauchi, Carlos
AU - Shinada, Takamitsu
AU - Sakaki, Kohei
AU - Nozawa, Takayuki
AU - Ikeda, Shigeyuki
AU - Yokota, Susumu
AU - Daniele, Magistro
AU - Sassa, Yuko
AU - Kawashima, Ryuta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/5/15
Y1 - 2017/5/15
N2 - Brain connectivity is traditionally thought to be important for creativity. Here we investigated the associations of creativity measured by divergent thinking (CMDT) with resting-state functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) measures and their sex differences. We examined these relationships in the brains of 1277 healthy young adults. Whole-brain analyses revealed a significant interaction between verbal CMDT and sex on (a) regional homogeneity within an area from the left anterior temporal lobe (b) on the resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) between the mPFC and the left inferior frontal gyrus and (c) on fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF) in several distinct areas, including the precuneus and middle cingulate gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus, right middle frontal gyrus, and cerebellum. These interactions were mediated by positive correlations in females and negative correlations in males. These findings suggest that greater CMDT in females is reflected by (a) regional coherence (regional homogeneity) of brain areas responsible for representing and combining concepts as well as (b) the efficient functional connection (RSFC) between the key areas for the default state of cognitive activity and speech production, and (c) greater spontaneous neural activity (fALFF) during the resting of brain areas involved in frontal lobe functions, default cognitive activities, and language functions. Furthermore, these findings suggest that the associations between creativity and resting state brain connectivity patterns are different between males and females.
AB - Brain connectivity is traditionally thought to be important for creativity. Here we investigated the associations of creativity measured by divergent thinking (CMDT) with resting-state functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) measures and their sex differences. We examined these relationships in the brains of 1277 healthy young adults. Whole-brain analyses revealed a significant interaction between verbal CMDT and sex on (a) regional homogeneity within an area from the left anterior temporal lobe (b) on the resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) between the mPFC and the left inferior frontal gyrus and (c) on fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF) in several distinct areas, including the precuneus and middle cingulate gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus, right middle frontal gyrus, and cerebellum. These interactions were mediated by positive correlations in females and negative correlations in males. These findings suggest that greater CMDT in females is reflected by (a) regional coherence (regional homogeneity) of brain areas responsible for representing and combining concepts as well as (b) the efficient functional connection (RSFC) between the key areas for the default state of cognitive activity and speech production, and (c) greater spontaneous neural activity (fALFF) during the resting of brain areas involved in frontal lobe functions, default cognitive activities, and language functions. Furthermore, these findings suggest that the associations between creativity and resting state brain connectivity patterns are different between males and females.
KW - Anterior temporal lobe
KW - Creativity
KW - Divergent thinking
KW - Functional connectivity
KW - Regional coherence
KW - Resting state
KW - Sex difference
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.079
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.079
M3 - Article
C2 - 28257930
AN - SCOPUS:85014859941
SN - 1053-8119
VL - 152
SP - 258
EP - 269
JO - NeuroImage
JF - NeuroImage
ER -