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Neurosciences
Theophile Bieth, Marcela Ovando-Tellez, Alizee Lopez-Persem, Beatrice Garcin, Laurent Hugueville, Katia Lehongre, Richard Levy, Nathalie George, Emmanuelle Volle
Summary: This study aimed to explore the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying creative problem-solving. The results revealed that the semantic remoteness of connections is associated with brain activity in different frequency bands. Insight solving is related to activity in specific frequency bands in the frontal and temporal clusters.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Article
Neuroimaging
Jiabao Lin, Xue Wen, Xuan Cui, Yanhui Xiang, Jiushu Xie, Yajue Chen, Ruiwang Huang, Lei Mo
Summary: This study examined the cognitive and neural mechanisms of ordinary and creative Chinese character chunk decompositions using fMRI, revealing that both types of decompositions activated the frontoparietal cognitive control network significantly, while creative decompositions showed stronger activation in higher-level brain regions related to symbolic processing. Ordinary decompositions, on the other hand, showed stronger activation in posterior brain regions related to visuospatial attention and visual perception.
BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jiabao Lin, Yajue Chen, Jiushu Xie, Lei Mo
Summary: This research investigates the neural underpinnings of individual differences in insightful problem solving (IPS). The findings suggest that IPS is positively correlated with the inferior frontal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus/precentral gyrus, while negatively correlated with the anterior cingulate cortex and brainstem/cerebellum/thalamus. Seed-based functional connectivity analysis reveals that IPS is mainly involved in the default mode network.
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gennady G. Knyazev, Vadim L. Ushakov, Vyacheslav A. Orlov, Denis G. Malakhov, Sergey Kartashov, Alexander N. Savostyanov, Andrey Bocharov, Boris M. Velichkovsky
Summary: Insightful problem solving may involve different cognitive processes, leading to different reflections in EEG and fMRI data. Some data suggest that insightful problem solving is accompanied by high-frequency synchronization in the left hemisphere, while other data show that insightful solutions are accompanied by increased activity in the right hemisphere.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Xinyi Zhu, Yongtaek Oh, Christine Chesebrough, Fengqing Zhang, John Kounios
Summary: There are two general strategies for solving problems - insight and analysis. Research shows that brain activity before a problem is presented can predict whether it will be solved by insight or analysis. The study found differences in brain activity between insight and analytic problem solving, and a correlation between positive mood and anterior cingulate cortex activity with a larger number of insight solutions.
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Psychology, Social
Zhijin Zhou, Jieqing Wu, Hualin Luo, Yafei Guo, Mengjie Tu, Quanlei Yu, Lin Zhang
Summary: The study revealed a positive effect of humor on insight problem-solving, with humor comprehension playing a crucial role in individual performance, while cognitive flexibility partially mediated this effect.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Liyu Zhou, Haiqiong Yan, Jingyuan Ren, Fuhong Li, Jing Luo, Furong Huang
Summary: This study reveals how people monitor and control invalid predominant ideas when solving insight-like problems. When the test problem is similar to the practice problems where the predominant idea can be applied, participants tend to continue verifying the invalid predominant idea without experiencing cognitive conflict; but when the test problem differs from the practice problems, participants experience cognitive conflict and exert more effort to control the invalid predominant idea.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Can Cui, Kaiyu Wang, Yiting Long, Yingjie Jiang
Summary: The present study investigated the differential effects of subliminal and supraliminal monetary rewards on creative problem solving using electrophysiological techniques and behavioral measures. The results showed that subliminal rewards facilitated creative problem solving and increased insight solutions, while supraliminal rewards had the opposite effect. Electrophysiological findings indicated that subliminal rewards induced a more positive P200-600 amplitude, while supraliminal rewards induced larger beta-ERD and alpha-ERS. Furthermore, brain-behavior correlations revealed a relationship between P200-600 amplitude and behavior performance. These findings provide strong evidence for the differential modulation of creative problem solving by subliminal and supraliminal monetary rewards.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Nirit Salmon, Mark Leikin
Summary: The aim of this study was to describe insightful problem solvers. The results showed that participants who were successful in solving insight problems of different modalities could be classified into two groups: spatial verbal solvers and verbal solvers. Experts excelled in solving rebuses and verbal problems, while also outperforming others in spatial problems. These findings highlight the relationship between insight and cognitive and creative styles.
JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Xu Du, Lizhao Zhang, Jui-Long Hung, Hao Li, Hengtao Tang, Yiqian Xie
Summary: The purpose of this study was to analyze the process of online collaborative problem solving through brain-to-brain synchrony. The results showed that the level of brain-to-brain synchrony was higher in the problem-understanding stage compared to the problem-solving stage. Additionally, the level of brain-to-brain synchrony in the problem-solving stage was significantly correlated with task performance. This indicates that brain-to-brain synchrony can serve as an effective indicator of collaborative problem solving and individual interaction.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Simone Luchini, Yoed N. Kenett, Daniel C. Zeitlen, Alexander P. Christensen, Derek M. Ellis, Gene A. Brewer, Roger E. Beaty
Summary: The associative theory of creativity states that creative thinking involves connecting remote concepts in semantic memory. Recent research has shown that high-convergent thinkers exhibit a more flexible and interconnected semantic network, while those who solve problems with insight have shorter average path distances between concepts.
THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Richard J. Macatee, Brandon S. Schermitzler, Jessica B. Minieri, Scott J. Moeller, Kaveh Afshar, Thomas J. Preston
Summary: This study examined insight and neural mechanisms in individuals with CUD and found that reduced self-monitoring in a drug-related choice task was associated with decreased neural error-processing and less recognition of cannabis problems.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Carola Salvi, Emily K. Leiker, Beatrix Baricca, Maria A. Molinari, Roberto Eleopra, Paolo F. Nichelli, Jordan Grafman, Joseph E. Dunsmoor
Summary: The study found that dopamine replacement therapy did not significantly improve creative thinking in patients with Parkinson's disease. PD patients on medication showed less flexibility in divergent thinking, generated fewer ideas via insight, and had worse performance in convergent thinking compared to healthy controls. Therefore, the results do not support the hypothesis that dopamine replacement therapy promotes creative thinking in PD.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Andrea Horta-Barba, Saul Martinez-Horta, Frederic Sampedro, Jesus Perez-Perez, Javier Pagonabarraga, Jaime Kulisevsky
Summary: This study aimed to explore the performance and neural correlates of arithmetic deficits in individuals with pre-manifest and early symptomatic Huntington's disease (HD). The results revealed that lower arithmetic performance in HD participants was associated with reduced gray-matter volume and metabolic dysfunction, while in preHD individuals, it was associated with prefrontal alterations. These findings suggest that cognitive deficits in HD involve not only frontal-striatal dysfunctions but also fronto-temporal and parieto-occipital damage.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Hans Stuyck, Febe Demeyer, Christo Bratanov, Axel Cleeremans, Eva van den Bussche
Summary: This study investigated the reliance of insight and non-insight problem solving methods on cognitive resources. The results showed that resting-state vmHRV was negatively associated with behavioral performance for both solution types. In addition, there was an increase in prefrontal resources during the problem-solving process, which is crucial for open-minded and divergent thinking. The study also found that higher trait vmHRV improved the metacognitive differentiation between insight and non-insight solutions.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Anna-Lisa Schuler, Martin Tik, Ronald Sladky, Caroline Di Bernardi Luft, Andre Hoffmann, Michael Woletz, Ioanna Zioga, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Christian Windischberger
Article
Neurosciences
Gabriela Bury, Marta Garcia-Huescar, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Maria Herrojo Ruiz
Article
Neurosciences
Susmita Sen, Syed Naser Daimi, Katsumi Watanabe, Kohske Takahashi, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Goutam Saha
COGNITIVE NEURODYNAMICS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xavier Job, Mara Golemme, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Marinella Cappelletti, Jan de Fockert, Jose van Velzen
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Ioanna Zioga, Peter M. C. Harrison, Marcus T. Pearce, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Caroline Di Bernardi Luft
Article
Neurosciences
Tao Yang, Carolin Di Bernardi Luft, Pei Sun, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Michael J. Banissy
Article
Neurosciences
Ioanna Zioga, Peter M. C. Harrison, Marcus T. Pearce, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Caroline Di Bernardi Luft
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Neurosciences
Kyongsik Yun, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Simone Sandkuehler, Yong-Jun Lin, Sunao Iwaki, Shinsuke Shimojo
Article
Neurosciences
Mara Golemme, Elisa Tatti, Caroline Di Bernardi Luft, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Maria Herrojo Ruiz, Marinella Cappelletti
Summary: Individual differences in utilizing retrospective cues in working memory tasks may be associated with brain oscillatory activity at rest. Behavioral flexibility is defined as the ability to effectively use or disregard retrospective cues as required.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Thomas R. Swart, Michael J. Banissy, Thomas P. Hein, Ricardo Bruna, Ernesto Pereda, Joydeep Bhattacharya
Summary: This study provides the first evidence of the electrophysiological correlates of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR). The results show that ASMR modulates oscillatory power by altering the frequency of brain oscillations, with a decrease in higher frequencies and an increase in lower frequencies, which may contribute to the calming sensations experienced during ASMR.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Amy Rakei, Jasmine Tan, Joydeep Bhattacharya
Summary: This study investigated the individual differences in flow proneness in contemporary musicians, focusing on the interaction of trait anxiety and emotional intelligence. It found a significant negative correlation between trait anxiety and flow, and a positive correlation between emotional intelligence and flow proneness. Furthermore, the relationship between trait anxiety and flow depended on the level of emotional intelligence. Musical training was the most substantial predictor, and trait anxiety did not add any predictive power.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Kasturi Barik, Katsumi Watanabe, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Goutam Saha
Summary: This study aimed to find biomarkers of autism in young children. By recording magnetoencephalography (MEG), unique patterns of neural oscillations were discovered in children with autism, providing novel insights into the pathophysiology of autism.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
James Lloyd-Cox, Alan Pickering, Joydeep Bhattacharya
Summary: This study aims to examine how personality and problem context influence the consideration of novelty and usefulness in overall creativity judgments. The research found that participants placed more emphasis on novelty when evaluating AUT ideas compared to projects, and more emphasis on usefulness when evaluating projects compared to AUT ideas. Furthermore, individuals with higher openness and higher intellect rated novelty more highly when evaluating AUT ideas, but rated usefulness more highly when evaluating projects.
CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Kaile Smith, Alan Pickering, Joydeep Bhattacharya
Summary: Participating in creative activities is associated with increased positive emotions and enhanced subjective well-being in general populations. However, these relationships are less understood in the daily lives of creative individuals who regularly engage in both professional creative behaviors and everyday creative experiences.
CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Kasturi Barik, Katsumi Watanabe, Joydeep Bhattacharya, Goutam Saha
Summary: This study aims to reveal hidden biomarkers in the patterns of functional brain connectivity in children with ASD. The COH connectivity feature in the high gamma frequency band shows the highest classification accuracy for ASD detection. Region-wise connectivity analysis performs better than sensor-wise analysis in identifying autism biomarkers.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2023)