[The relationship between frequency-spatial parameters of the baseline EEG and levels of intelligence and creativity].

Frequency-spatial organization of the baseline cortical activity associated with creativity and intelligence was studied using analysis of variance of the EEG power and coherence in the groups different in the level of these mental abilities. The effects of factors INTELLIGENCE and CREATIVITY on coherence scores were obtained for EEG in a broad frequency band from 4 to 30 Hz. The effects were more pronounced in the anterior cortex and in the left hemisphere in persons with higher intelligence and creativity as compared to individuals with lower indices. The highest coherence was observed in high-intelligent and high-creative individuals. Creativity- and intelligence-related different forms of interaction between the frontal cortex and posterior areas may reflect potential flexibility of information selection strategies in creative subjects: conditions for the operation of defocused attention in less intelligent individuals but goal-directed information selection in persons with higher intelligence.