title: PET study of brain maintenance of verbal creative activity.
abstract: This paper deals with the investigation of the brain organization of verbal creativity. Psychological tasks were designed in accordance with two main strategies used by volunteers in solving creative tasks. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured with positron emission tomography (PET) when performing two types of creative tasks in two groups of subjects, each type of the task organizing the creativity process in its own way. Valuable brain correlates of creativity were revealed in the left parieto-temporal regions (Brodmann areas 39 and 40).
authors.affiliation: Institute of the Human Brain, Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Acad. Pavlova street, 197376, St.-Petersburg, Russia. bechtrv@ihb.spb.ru
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Bechtereva
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Korotkov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pakhomov
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Roudas
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Starchenko
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Medvedev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014705:Verbal Behavior