Creative thinking is central to the arts, sciences, and everyday life. How does the brain
produce creative thought? A series of recently published papers has begun to provide …

Researchers have recently begun to examine the neural basis of musical improvisation, one
of the most complex forms of creative behavior. The emerging field of improvisation …

Several theories posit that creative people are able to generate more divergent ideas. If this
is correct, simply naming unrelated words and then measuring the semantic distance …

Figurative language (FL) seems ubiquitous in all social media discussion forums and chats,
posing extra challenges to sentiment analysis endeavors. Identification of FL schemas in …

The role of attention in creative cognition remains controversial. Neuroimaging studies have
reported activation of brain regions linked to both cognitive control and spontaneous …

What happens in our brains when we compose a melody, write a poem, paint a picture, or
choreograph a dance sequence? How is this different from what occurs in the brain when …

People's ability to think creatively is a primary means of technological and cultural progress,
yet the neural architecture of the highly creative brain remains largely undefined. Here, we …

Intelligence and creativity are known to be correlated constructs suggesting that they share a
common cognitive basis. The present study assessed three specific executive abilities …

The present research used resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
examine whether the ability to generate creative ideas corresponds to differences in the …

How does the mind produce creative ideas? Past research has pointed to important roles of
both executive and associative processes in creative cognition. But such work has largely …