title: The Association between Resting Functional Connectivity and Visual Creativity.
abstract: Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC), the temporal correlation of intrinsic activation between different brain regions, has become one of the most fascinating field in the functional imaging studies. To better understand the association between RSFC and individual creativity, we used RSFC and the figure Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT-F) to investigate the relationship between creativity measured by TTCT and RSFC within two different brain networks, default mode network and the cognitive control network, in a large healthy sample (304). We took the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortices (DLPFC) to be the seed regions and investigated the association across subjects between the score of TTCT-F and the strength of RSFC between these seed regions and other voxels in the whole brain. Results revealed that the strength of RSFC with the MPFC was significantly and negatively correlated with the score of TTCT-F in the precuneus. Meanwhile, we also found that the strength of RSFC with the left DLPFC was significantly and positively correlated with the score of TTCT-F in the right DLPFC. It suggests that the decreased RSFC within DMN and the increased RSFC within CCN presents a potential interaction mechanism between different region for higher creativity.
authors.affiliation: School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining 272067, China.
authors.forename: Wenfu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Junyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Qinglin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining 272067, China.
authors.forename: Gongying
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*