Generation of Novel Ideas
Creativity in Alzheimer’s Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Healthy Older Adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21611991 |
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| Authors | Georgia Marsh (The University of Queensland), Ohnmar Aung (The University of Queensland), Amelia Ceslis (0000-0002-5343-0018, The University of Queensland), Ralph Adam (0000-0002-1754-6312, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland), Robert Adam (0000-0003-0053-7919, The University of Queensland), Philip Mosley (0000-0003-1721-3419, The University of Queensland), Jurgen Fripp (0000-0001-9705-0079, The Australian eHealth Research Centre CSIRO), Gail Robinson (0000-0002-0078-0364, Allen Institute for Brain Science, corresponding author), Gail A Robinson (The University of Queensland) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 342-357 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Creativity Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-0419 • E-ISSN: 1532-6934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10400419.2024.2304498 |
| OpenAlex | W4391445917 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 77 |
Creativity refers to the ability to produce ideas or actions that are novel and useful, incorporating convergent and divergent thinking. Currently, limited attention has been paid to changes in creativity with disease progression (e.g. mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease). Therefore, this study examined the patterns of creativity between healthy controls (n = 36), adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI; n = 23), and adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD; n = 21). The study explored whether performance on creativity tasks can predict clinical group and contributing cognitive processes. Various cognitive tests were administered to participants, including measures of creativity. Our findings suggested that creative thought is reduced in individuals with MCI and AD, such that the AD group generated the lowest number of correct responses and made the most errors on all creativity tasks, indicating that creative ability decreases as dementia progresses. Performance on creativity tasks could also predict clinical group (depending on the task, ranging from 49% to 82% of those having MCI), indicating sensitivity to novel idea generation, which has been linked to frontal lobe impairment. Our findings suggested that core cognitive processes underlying creativity, including semantic knowledge and executive functions, are critical for producing new creative thoughts
Alzheimer's disease · Cognition · Cognitive impairment · Cognitive psychology · Creativity · Developmental psychology · Disease · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
The nature of human intelligence
Creative Cognition
Creativity and Culture
Neural Activity When People Solve Verbal Problems with Insight
The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease
Metacontrol of human creativity
The associative basis of the creative process.
The Impact of Age on Cognition
The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease
A Meta-Analysis of Personality in Scientific and Artistic Creativity
Current Concepts in Mild Cognitive Impairment
The neural and computational bases of semantic cognition
When does age-related cognitive decline begin?
Interrater reliability
Divergent Thinking in Older Adults
Memory and creativity
Divergent thinking
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