The relation between gray matter morphology and divergent thinking in adolescents and young adults.
The relation between gray matter morphology and divergent thinking in adolescents and young adults.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0114619
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2014
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Crone EA
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作者：
Cousijn J;Koolschijn PC;Zanolie K;Kleibeuker SW;Crone EA
青春期和成年早期是创造性认知对于适应环境变化非常重要的发育时期。发散性思维，指的是对开放性问题产生新颖而有用的解决方案，经常被用作创造性认知的衡量标准。这项结构性神经影像学研究的第一个目标是阐明青少年和年轻人在发散性思维的言语（AUT;替代使用任务）和视觉空间（CAT;创造力测试）领域中灰质形态与表现之间的关系。第二个目标是测试灰质形态是否与AUT表现期间的大脑活动有关。神经和行为数据来自一项横断面研究，包括25名15-17岁的青少年和20名25-30岁的年轻人。在没有先验位置假设的情况下，在AUT扫描仪任务期间激活的区域内评估大脑-行为关系。灰质体积和皮质厚度与言语发散性思维没有显著相关。然而，视觉空间发散性思维（CAT原创性和流畅性）与右侧颞中回和左侧大脑区域（包括上级额回和各种枕叶、顶叶和颞叶区域）的皮质厚度呈正相关，与年龄无关。AUT脑活动与皮质厚度无关。研究结果支持了一个广泛的大脑网络参与灵活的视觉空间发散思维的重要作用，提供了证据皮质厚度和视觉空间发散思维在青少年和年轻人之间的关系。然而，研究包括视觉空间发散思维任务的扫描仪是必要的。
Adolescence and early adulthood are developmental time periods during which creative cognition is highly important for adapting to environmental changes. Divergent thinking, which refers to generating novel and useful solutions to open-ended problems, has often been used as a measure of creative cognition. The first goal of this structural neuroimaging study was to elucidate the relationship between gray matter morphology and performance in the verbal (AUT; alternative uses task) and visuo-spatial (CAT; creative ability test) domain of divergent thinking in adolescents and young adults. The second goal was to test if gray matter morphology is related to brain activity during AUT performance. Neural and behavioral data were combined from a cross-sectional study including 25 adolescents aged 15–17 and 20 young adults aged 25–30. Brain-behavior relationships were assessed without a priori location assumptions and within areas that were activated during an AUT-scanner task. Gray matter volume and cortical thickness were not significantly associated with verbal divergent thinking. However, visuo-spatial divergent thinking (CAT originality and fluency) was positively associated with cortical thickness of the right middle temporal gyrus and left brain areas including the superior frontal gyrus and various occipital, parietal, and temporal areas, independently of age. AUT brain activity was not associated with cortical thickness. The results support an important role of a widespread brain network involved in flexible visuo-spatial divergent thinking, providing evidence for a relation between cortical thickness and visuo-spatial divergent thinking in adolescents and young adults. However, studies including visuo-spatial divergent thinking tasks in the scanner are warranted.
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