Creativity in art and science: are there two cultures?

摘要: The study of creativity is characterized by a variety key questions, such as the nature creative process, whether there are multiple types creativity, relationship between high levels (“Big C”) and everyday (“little c”), neural basis creativity. Herein we examine question in arts sciences, use functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore group “Big C” individuals from both domains using word association protocol. findings give no support for notion that artists scientists represent “two cultures. ” Rather, they suggest very gifted have cortices respond similar ways. Both groups display preponderance activation brain circuits involved higher-order socioaffective processing Random Episodic Silent Thought /the default mode.