Neurophysiology of Creativity and Insight

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Neuroscience".

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Dear Colleagues,

The reason why human beings can become the master of the earth is that human beings have creative thinking ability. Computers and artificial intelligence (AI) technology are powerful tools to help improve human thinking ability, and its development may even help improve the level of human civilization. While, the research on the neurophysiology of creativity and insight will certainly promote the development of AI technology.

This Special Issue of Brain Sciences aims to present a collection of studies detailing the most recent advancements in neurophysiology of creativity and insight. Authors are invited to submit cutting-edge research and reviews that address a broad range of topics related to creativity thinking including the following but not limited to psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, information technology, computer sciences, and any related studies. The underlying theory is the same across all disciplines, and we hope that this special issue will serve as a window to bring together multidisciplinary research to uncover the neurophysiological mechanisms of creativity and insight, and to advance AI technologies.

Dr. Bin Li
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Free Your Mind: Creative Thinking Contributes to Overcoming Conflict-Related Biases
by Nardine Fahoum, Hadas Pick, Tal Ivancovsky and Simone Shamay-Tsoory
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(11), 1566; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111566 - 17 Nov 2022
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Conflicts between groups are difficult to resolve, partly because humans tend to be biased in judging outgroup members. The aim of the current article is to review findings on the link between creativity and conflict-related biases and to offer a model that views [...] Read more.
Conflicts between groups are difficult to resolve, partly because humans tend to be biased in judging outgroup members. The aim of the current article is to review findings on the link between creativity and conflict-related biases and to offer a model that views creative cognition as an ability that may contribute to overcoming conflict-related biases. Our proposed model conforms to the twofold model of creativity. According to this model, creativity involves a generation phase and an evaluation phase, and these phases correspond to the neural mechanisms that underlie conflict-related biases. Specifically, we contend that the generation phase of creativity affects conflict-related biases by exerting an influence on stereotypes and prejudice, outgroup-targeted emotions, and ingroup empathy biases, all of which rely on the default mode network. Conversely, the evaluation phase of creativity, which is usually associated with activation in the executive control network and action-observation system, may be related to herding behaviors. Building on the shared mechanisms of creativity and conflicts, we propose that studies examining creativity-based interventions may be effective in promoting reconciliation. Full article
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