To create or to recall original ideas: Brain processes associated with the imagination of novel object uses.

ABSTRACT: This fMRI study investigated what brain processes contribute to the generation of new ideas. Brain activation was measured while participants generated new original object uses, recalled original object uses, or recalled common object uses. Post-scan evaluations were used to confirm what ideas were newly generated on the spot or actually retrieved from memory. When compared to the recall of common ideas, the generation of new and old original ideas showed a similar activation pattern including activation of bilateral parahippocampal and mPFC regions, suggesting that the construction of new ideas builds on similar processes like the reconstruction of original ideas from episodic memory. As a difference, the generation of new object uses involved higher activation of a focused cluster in the

SUBMITTER: Benedek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796649 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature