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Two sides of the same coin? How are neural mechanisms of cognitive control, attentional difficulties and creativity related?

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العنوان: Two sides of the same coin? How are neural mechanisms of cognitive control, attentional difficulties and creativity related?
المؤلفون: Stolte, Marije, Kroesbergen, Evelyn H., Van Luit, Johannes E.H., Oranje, Bob
المساهمون: Hafd Onderwijsadvies en training, Leerstoel Haan, Education and Learning: Cognitive and Motor Disabilities
سنة النشر: 2024
مصطلحات موضوعية: Attentional difficulties, Cognitive control, Creativity, Divergent thinking, Selective attention, Education
الوصف: Creativity has been associated with increased distractibility, but at the same time - and seemingly paradoxically- also with increased focused attention. Therefore, this study focused on the attentional processes involved in creativity and attentional difficulties. Healthy primary school children (N = 62) between 9 and 13 years old performed a selective attention paradigm while electrophysiological measures were recorded that measured the neural mechanisms of cognitive control (P300), conflict monitoring (N200), and subconscious attentional shifts (Mismatch Negativity). Attentional difficulties were measured with a parental questionnaire and creativity was measured with a divergent mathematical creativity task and a creative drawing task. We found that more creativity was related to decreased neural mechanisms of cognitive control and conflict monitoring (i.e. less negative N200 and smaller P300 amplitudes), however without affecting task performance. In addition, attentional difficulties were related to less negative N200 amplitudes on the attended and non-attended standard trials of the selective attention paradigm, as well as reduced task performance. Tentatively, the current findings suggest that original responses are associated with decreased cognitive control, possibly by promoting remote associations. Furthermore, our data shows that attentional difficulties are associated with a lack of selective attention and impaired information processing. Hence, although less cognitive control is often referred to in a negative way, it might facilitate certain aspects of creative thinking without affecting task performance.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1871-1871
Relation: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/451716
الاتاحة: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/451716
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.BC220686
قاعدة البيانات: BASE