The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan,
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Aug 7;47:e89. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X23002807.
Curiosity and creativity are central pillars of human growth and invention. Although they have been studied extensively in isolation, the relationship between them has not yet been established. We propose that both curiosity and creativity emanate from the same mechanism of novelty seeking. We first present a synthesis showing that curiosity and creativity are affected similarly by a number of key cognitive faculties such as memory, cognitive control, attention, and reward. We then review empirical evidence from neuroscience research, indicating that the same brain regions are involved in both curiosity and creativity, focusing on the interplay between three major brain networks: the default mode network, the salience network, and the executive control network. After substantiating the link between curiosity and creativity, we propose a novelty-seeking model (NSM) that underlies them and suggests that the manifestation of the NSM is governed by one's state of mind.
好奇心和创造力是人类成长和发明的核心支柱。尽管它们已经被广泛地孤立研究，但它们之间的关系尚未确定。我们提出，好奇心和创造力都源于寻求新奇的同一机制。我们首先提出了一个综合观点，表明好奇心和创造力受到许多关键认知能力（如记忆、认知控制、注意力和奖励）的相似影响。然后，我们回顾了神经科学研究的实证证据，表明在好奇心和创造力中都涉及到相同的大脑区域，重点关注三个主要大脑网络之间的相互作用：默认模式网络、突显网络和执行控制网络。在证实好奇心和创造力之间的联系之后，我们提出了一个潜在的新颖性寻求模型（NSM），并表明该模型的表现受一个人的思维状态的支配。
