Creative problem solvers think differently
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New York, Feb 1 : Are you a `creative` problem-solver - someone who often gets his or her `Eureka moment`? If yes, your brain functions quite differently from `methodical` problem solvers, a new study says.
The study, by researchers at Drexel and Northwestern universities, sets at rest debate on the subject by revealing that creative problem-solvers have a distinct pattern of brain activity - even at rest - compared to people who solve problems more methodically.
Findings of the study have been published in the latest issue of the journal Neuropsychologia.
As part of the study, participants first had their electroencephalograms (EEGs) - which show brain activity - recorded. They were then asked to solve a series of anagrams - scrambled letters that can be rearranged to form words.
Anagrams can be solved by methodically trying out different letter combinations, or they can be solved with a sudden insight - an `Aha!` moment.
The participants were then divided into two groups - those who reported solving the problems by sudden insight, and those who reported solving problems methodically - and resting-state brain activity for these groups was compared.
The study, by researchers at Drexel and Northwestern universities, sets at rest debate on the subject by revealing that creative problem-solvers have a distinct pattern of brain activity - even at rest - compared to people who solve problems more methodically.
Findings of the study have been published in the latest issue of the journal Neuropsychologia.
As part of the study, participants first had their electroencephalograms (EEGs) - which show brain activity - recorded. They were then asked to solve a series of anagrams - scrambled letters that can be rearranged to form words.
Anagrams can be solved by methodically trying out different letter combinations, or they can be solved with a sudden insight - an `Aha!` moment.
The participants were then divided into two groups - those who reported solving the problems by sudden insight, and those who reported solving problems methodically - and resting-state brain activity for these groups was compared.
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