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Study of the Brain Organization of Creativity: III. Brain Activation Assessed by the Local Cerebral Blood Flow and EEG

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In this article, a polymethodological approach was applied to the analysis of the brain organization of creative thinking. The electroencephalographic studies and the investigation of the local cerebral blood flow by means of positron-emission tomography in the same testing conditions substantially validate and supplement each other. The physiological indices of subjects were recorded during the composition of stories with the given words belonging to the same or different semantic fields. The reconstruction of correct grammatical forms in a presented text and memorizing of a set of words were used as control tasks. The fundamental importance of the processes taking place in both frontal lobes (Brodmann's areas (BA) 8–11 and 44–47) and the interhemispheric interaction was demonstrated.

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    N. P. Bekhtereva, S. G. Dan'ko, M. G. Starchenko, S. V. Pakhomov & S. V. Medvedev

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Bekhtereva, N.P., Dan'ko, S.G., Starchenko, M.G. et al. Study of the Brain Organization of Creativity: III. Brain Activation Assessed by the Local Cerebral Blood Flow and EEG. Human Physiology 27, 390–397 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010946332369

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