title: Brain structure links everyday creativity to creative achievement.
abstract: Although creativity is commonly considered to be a cornerstone of human progress and vital to all realms of our lives, its neural basis remains elusive, partly due to the different tasks and measurement methods applied in research. In particular, the neural correlates of everyday creativity that can be experienced by everyone, to some extent, are still unexplored. The present study was designed to investigate the brain structure underlying individual differences in everyday creativity, as measured by the Creative Behavioral Inventory (CBI) (N=163). The results revealed that more creative activities were significantly and positively associated with larger gray matter volume (GMV) in the regional premotor cortex (PMC), which is a motor planning area involved in the creation and selection of novel actions and inhibition. In addition, the gray volume of the PMC had a significant positive relationship with creative achievement and Art scores, which supports the notion that training and practice may induce changes in brain structures. These results indicate that everyday creativity is linked to the PMC and that PMC volume can predict creative achievement, supporting the view that motor planning may play a crucial role in creative behavior.
authors: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors: Wenfeng
authors: W
authors: Zhu
authors: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors: Qunlin
authors: Q
authors: Chen
authors: School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors: Chaoying
authors: C
authors: Tang
authors: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. Electronic address: cgk@swu.edu.cn.
authors: Guikang
authors: G
authors: Cao
authors: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors: Yuling
authors: Y
authors: Hou
authors: Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China; School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. Electronic address: qiuj318@swu.edu.cn.
authors: Jiang
authors: J
authors: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D066128:Gray Matter / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007206:Individuality; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Creative achievement; Everyday creativity; Right premotor cortex; Voxel-based morphometry (VBM)