Decipher the mystery of creative genius

Differences in the brain may cause some creative people to outperform the majority. And the good news is there are ways to build a genius.

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found the reason that some people have creative innate talents, after scanning and comparing the brains of 163 volunteers.

The special link in the brain makes some people capable of superior creativity - (photo: LIVE SCIENCE).

Scientists found that in those who are thought to be creative geniuses, there is a closer connection between the three networks in the brain: the default network - involving imagination, daydreams and private single flour; network operator - has the function of controlling cognition, memory, language; The third special network is to filter, evaluate special stimuli, stand out from life.

This difference is so evident that through fMRI brain scan results, scientists even correctly guess the creative thinking ability of each person in the study group.

On the contrary, every time you try to let your brain soar with creativity, these three networks are also stimulated to work harder. If living in an environment conducive to creativity, the links between these networks are also increasingly strong, enabling creativity to be easy, soaring and more efficient.

The study's lead author, Dr. Roger Beaty (Harvard University, USA), says he is continuing to expand his research to clarify a point that the results have led to: it seems, the Trained in childhood, arts and sciences have profoundly affected the strong connection between these three neural networks and made them capable of good creativity.

This study is consistent with an earlier study by Jonathan Plucker (Indiana University, USA), showing that a person's creativity is more closely related to a stimulating environment in childhood than the IQ of people. there.