Aljoscha C. Neubauer

TL;DR: It is concluded that neural efficiency might arise when individuals are confronted with tasks of (subjectively) low to moderate task difficulty and it is mainly observable for frontal brain areas.

TL;DR: Assessment of three specific executive abilities for creative thought provided direct support for the executive involvement in creative thought and shed further light on the functional relationship between intelligence and creativity.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that EEG alpha band synchronisation during creative thinking can be interpreted as a sign of active cognitive processes rather than cortical idling.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the ability to generate creative ideas is characterized by increased functional connectivity between the inferior prefrontal cortex and the default network, pointing to a greater cooperation between brain regions associated with cognitive control and low-level imaginative processes.

TL;DR: The process of idea generation can be generally understood as a state of focused internally-directed attention involving controlled semantic retrieval and left inferior parietal cortex and left prefrontal regions may subserve the flexible integration of previous knowledge for the construction of new and creative ideas.