Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention,School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University,Shanghai, China.
Soc Neurosci. 2022 Apr;17(2):127-142. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2022.2038261. Epub 2022 Feb 10.
This study aimed to explore the neural correlates underlying idea generation during malevolent creativity (MC) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Participants were asked to solve problems during three types of creativity tasks: malevolent creativity task (MCT), benevolent creativity task (BCT), and alternative uses task (AUT). fNIRS was used to record individual cerebral activity during the tasks. The results revealed that participants demonstrated weaker neural activation in the right middle occipital area (rMO) and lower neural coupling (NC) between the right frontopolar cortex (rFPC) and rMO during MCT than during BCT and AUT. These suggest that r-MO activity and NC between the rFPC and rMO may distinguish between malevolent and benevolent forms of creative ideation.
本研究旨在使用近红外光谱技术(fNIRS)探索恶意创造力(MC)过程中产生创意的神经关联。参与者被要求在三种创造力任务中解决问题:恶意创造力任务(MCT)、善意创造力任务(BCT)和用途转换任务(AUT)。fNIRS 用于记录任务期间的个体大脑活动。结果表明,与 BCT 和 AUT 相比,参与者在 MCT 期间表现出右中枕区(rMO)的神经激活较弱,右额极区(rFPC)和 rMO 之间的神经耦合(NC)较低。这表明 r-MO 活动和 rFPC 与 rMO 之间的 NC 可能区分恶意和善意的创造性思维形式。