Gubler, Danièle Anne; Makowski, Lisa Michaela; Rominger, Christian; Troche, Stefan (3 June 2021). Inter- and intraindividual differences in alpha synchronization during creative ideation (Unpublished). In: Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG), 46. gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA). Online / Freiburg, Deutschland. 02.06.-04.06.2021.
Existing evidence on the relationship between EEG alpha power and creative ideation demonstrates that the process of creative ideation (measured with divergent thinking tasks) is associated with increases in alpha power (i.e. task-related alpha synchronization). Recent studies further indicate that this alpha synchronization changes depending on the time course of the creative process. However, the role of possible specificity of lower and upper alpha band power in the creative process seems to be unclear. While most studies concentrated on alpha power in the upper alpha band (10-12 Hz), others also focused on the lower alpha band (8 - 10 Hz) or on the broad alpha frequency range (8-12 Hz). The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the time course of EEG alpha power during the process of creative ideation separately for the lower and upper alpha bands. Furthermore, we were interested in whether this process of creative ideation differs with regard to inter-individual (originality and intelligence scores) and intra-individual (creative responses vs. non-creative responses) differences. For the study, sixty-one participants completed an Alternate Uses Task (AUT) while an EEG was recorded and changes in task-related performance (relative to rest) were determined in both alpha frequency sub-bands for three time intervals of the idea generation period. Data are currently being analyzed. This study allows a deeper understanding of the role of the different alpha frequency bands in the creative ideation process as a function of inter- and intraindividual differences.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Personality Psychology, Differential Psychology and Diagnostics 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gubler, Danièle Anne, Makowski, Lisa Michaela, Troche, Stefan |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
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English |
Submitter: |
Karin Dubler |
Date Deposited: |
03 May 2022 14:47 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:14 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167010 |
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