The salience network (SN) plays a central role in cognitive control by integrating sensory
input to guide attention, attend to motivationally salient stimuli and recruit appropriate …

Highlights•Creativity involves two phases, a generation phase and an evaluation
phase.•Stringent evaluation hinders divergent thinking abilities.•Environmental factors affect …

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 …

Retest effects are referred to as the increase in test scores due to the repeated
administration of cognitive ability tests. This meta-analysis attempts to update and extend …

Prior research has indicated that brain regions and networks that support semantic memory,
top-down and bottom-up attention, and cognitive control are all involved in divergent …

This study investigated how cooperative and competitive interaction modes affect the group
creative performance. The participants were recruited as dyads to solve 2 problems either …

This study aimed to investigate which type of group (eg, consisting of less-creative or highly-
creative individuals) would perform better in solving creativity problems, and explore the …

Hemispheric lateralization for creative thinking remains a controversial topic. Early
behavioral and neuroimaging research supported right hemisphere dominance in creative …

The theory of divergent thinking (DT) and the methods used to assess it have changed
dramatically over the years. Most notable is the idea that DT is meaningful but not involved …

Whether creativity is a domain‐general or domain‐specific ability has been a topic of intense
speculation. Although previous studies have examined domain‐specific mechanisms of …