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ArticleNeuroImage2020

Default network contributions to episodic and semantic processing during divergent creative thinking: A representational similarity analysis.

Roger E Beaty, Qunlin Chen, Alexander P Christensen, Yoed N Kenett, Paul J Silvia, Mathias Benedek, Daniel L Schacter

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7 authors.

Roger E BeatyDepartment of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA. Electronic address: rebeaty@psu.edu.
Qunlin ChenDepartment of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA; School of Psychology, Southwest University, China.
Alexander P ChristensenDepartment of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
Yoed N KenettDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul J SilviaDepartment of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
Mathias BenedekDepartment of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria.
Daniel L SchacterDepartment of Psychology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, USA.

Funding

EVENT RELATED NEUROIMAGING OF HUMAN MEMORY FORMATIONR01MH060941 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI SCHACTER, DANIEL L · 2000 to 2025
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060941
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive and neuroimaging evidence suggests that episodic and semantic memory-memory for autobiographical events and conceptual knowledge, respectively-support different aspects of creative thinking, with a growing number of studies reporting activation of brain regions within the default network during performance on creative thinking tasks. The present research sought to dissociate neural contributions of these memory processes by inducing episodic or semantic retrieval orientations prior to performance on a divergent thinking task during fMRI. We conducted a representational similarity analysis (RSA) to identify multivoxel patterns of neural activity that were similar across induction (episodic and semantic) and idea generation. At the behavioral level, we found that semantic induction was associated with increased idea originality, assessed via computational estimates of semantic distance between concepts. RSA revealed that multivoxel patterns during semantic induction and subsequent idea generation were more similar (compared to episodic induction) within the left angular gyrus (AG), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), and left anterior inferior parietal lobe (IPL). Conversely, activity patterns during episodic induction and subsequent generation were more similar within left parahippocampal gyrus and right anterior IPL. Together, the findings point to dissociable contributions of episodic and semantic memory processes to creative cognition and suggest that distinct regions within the default network support specific memory-related processes during divergent thinking.

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CreativityMemory, EpisodicAdultBrain MappingCerebral CortexConcept FormationFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMental RecallNerve NetPattern Recognition, AutomatedSemanticsYoung AdultCreativityDefault networkEpisodic memoryRepresentational similarity analysisSemantic memory

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PMID31887423
PMCPMC7056499

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