Transdisciplinary and Future Directions from Our Conversation Among the Cultures in Science and Art…

Abstract

Although there have been excellent advances in the field of the neurobiology of creativity over the past few decades, further progress is needed. The model proposed by Dr. Flaherty is the most advanced synthesis of the available data thus far, but is only a starting point toward our complete understanding of this aspect of human cognitive neuroscience. The model takes into account the activity of the frontal lobe and the temporal lobe, down the X-axis, along a continuum of normal and abnormal function. Creativity seems to be maximized with normal frontal lobe function, and mild-to-moderate dysfunction of the temporal lobes (i.e., before entering into the realm of mania and psychosis). Along the Y-axis, the level of dopaminergic activity is plotted—another very important neurobiological component in the process of creativity. For creative drive to be maximized, dopaminergic activity must be in the moderate to high range.