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Creative connections: the neural correlates of semantic relatedness are associated with creativity

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Abstract The associative theory of creativity proposes that creative ideas result from connecting remotely related concepts in memory. Previous research found that higher creative individuals exhibit a more flexible organization of semantic memory, generate more uncommon word associations, and judge remote concepts as more related. In this study ( N = 93), we used fMRI to investigate brain regions involved in judging the relatedness of concepts that vary in their semantic distance, and how such neural involvement relates to individual differences in creativity. Brain regions where activity increased with semantic relatedness mainly overlapped with default, control, salience, semantic control, and multiple demand networks. The default and semantic control networks exhibited increased involvement when evaluating more remote associations. Finally, higher creative people, who provided higher relatedness judgements on average, exhibited lower activity in those regions, possibly reflecting higher neural efficiency. We discuss these findings in the context of the neurocognitive processing underlying creativity. Overall, our findings indicate that judging remote concepts as related reflects a cognitive mechanism underlying creativity and shed light on the neural correlates of this mechanism.
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hal-04686046 , version 1 (09-09-2024)

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Caroline Herault, Marcela Ovando-Tellez, Izabela Lebuda, Yoed Kenett, Benoit Beranger, et al.. Creative connections: the neural correlates of semantic relatedness are associated with creativity. Communications Biology, 2024, 7 (1), pp.810. ⟨10.1038/s42003-024-06493-y⟩. ⟨hal-04686046⟩
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