By: Ian Sample Science editor | Creative thought has a pattern of its own, brain activity scans reveal | Neuroscience | The Guardian
People who are flexible, original thinkers show signature forms of connectivity in their brains, study shows
Donatella Versace finds it in the conflict of ideas, Jack White under pressure of deadlines. For William S Burroughs, an old Dadaist trick helped: cutting pages into pieces and rearranging the words.
Every artist has their own way of generating original ideas, but what is happening inside the brain might not be so individual. In new research, scientists report signature patterns of neural activity that mark out those who are most creative.
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