ArticleCurrent opinion in behavioral sciences2019
Neuropsychopharmacological regulation of performance on creativity-related tasks.
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- Are Adolescents with Higher Openness More Creative Under Stress? The Mediating Role of Stress Perception and Cognitive Flexibility.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
- Dopaminergic and Noradrenergic Contributions to Divergent and Convergent Creativity Task Performance, a Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Heart Rate Variability Prediction of Stimulant-Induced Creativity Gains in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The human reward system encodes the subjective value of ideas during creative thinking.Communications biology · 2025Article
- The human insula processes both modality-independent and pain-selective learning signals.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- Effects of stimulant medication on divergent and convergent thinking tasks related to creativity in adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Psychopharmacology · 2021Article
- Neuromodulation of the mind-wandering brain state: the interaction between neuromodulatory tone, sharp wave-ripples and spontaneous thought.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- The Role of the Noradrenergic System in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Implications for Treatment.Seminars in pediatric neurology · 2020Review
- Muscarinic and Nicotinic Modulation of Memory but not Verbal Problem-solving.Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology · 2019Article
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Abstract
A number of factors affect performance on tasks associated with creativity. Two pharmacological systems in particularly been identified as important for their impact on creativity, the noradrenergic system and the dopaminergic systems. Furthermore, stress is also established as an important factor impacting performance, most likely mediated by its effects on these neurotransmitter systems. Herein, we review the current literature on the relationships between stress, the noradrenergic system, the dopaminergic system, and other pharmacological factors and their effects on performance on tasks associated with creativity.
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