Evaluative and generative modes of thought during the creative process

By Melissa Ellamil, C. Dobson, M. Beeman, Kalina Christoff. NeuroImage, 2012

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics (2015, methodology): “This pattern has been reported in studies of both domaingeneral creativity [26,32,33] and various domains of artistic performance, such as music [35], literature [34], and visual art [27].”
Are episodic memories special? On the sameness of remembered and imagined event simulation (2018, background): “…(Spreng et al. 2010) and problem solving (Gerlach et al. 2011); and with the ventral attention (salience) network when simulations are emotionally- or cognitively-salient (e.g. theory of mind; Spreng & Grady 2010: e.g. creative cognition; Ellamil et al. 2012; Beaty et al. 2015; Madore et al. 2017).”
Linkographic Evidence for Concurrent Divergent and Convergent Thinking in Creative Design (2016, background): “It is hoped that collaborative work between researchers in design and neurocognitive science, like that pioneered by researchers like Goel (2014) and Ellamil et al. (2012), will continue to elucidate this intriguing human capacity.”
The Future of Memory: Remembering, Imagining, and the Brain (2012, background): “Along similar lines, Ellamil et al. (2012) reported that when participants evaluated creative ideas they had generated in the scanner, default network regions coupled with executive regions, including lateral prefrontal cortex.”
The wandering brain: Meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of mind-wandering and related spontaneous thought processes (2015, unknown): “…been observed in autobiographical memory recall (Spreng et al., 2009), mentalizing or ‘theory of mind’ (Spiers and Maguire, 2006a; Spreng et al., 2009), creative generation and evaluation of artwork (Ellamil et al., 2012), and goal-directed prospection (Gerlach et al., 2014; Spreng et al., 2009).”
Robust prediction of individual creative ability from brain functional connectivity (2018, background): “This pattern of functional connectivity has been observed across several task contexts requiring creative idea production, including studies with professional artists engaged in domain-specific tasks in the scanner (12).”
Conceptualising creativity benefits of nature experience: Attention restoration and mind wandering as complementary processes (2018, background): “Studies have shown that the default network also plays a critical role in creativity (Beatyet al. 2015; Ellamil et al., 2012; Fox et al., 2015).”
The roles of the temporal lobe in creative insight: an integrated review (2017, background): “In studies on insight and creativity, many tasks involve different objects (Ellamil et al., 2012; Fink et al., 2012; Kowatari et al., 2009).”