This is why this person is more creative than the other

Researchers have discovered that the neuron between the left and right hemisphere of highly creative people has a stronger connection than ordinary people.

This shows that creativity - as well as the passion of many people for art - has been built biologically.

The most obvious difference was found in the frontal lobe of the brain . This is a very active area to control the cognitive process such as decision making, planning for the future and speaking fluently.

Magnetic resonance imaging researchers from Duke University and University of Padova (MRI scan: magnetic cutting techniques using magnetic fields and radio waves) a group of university volunteers in healthy age. After the experiment, scientists used a technique called diffusion tensor imaging to find white matter through water molecules.

We know that the white matter underneath the gray matter, functions to connect billions of neurons in the brain, and transport electrical signals between them. The technology used to study this white matter allows scientists to analyze the relationship between 68 different brain regions.

Volunteer students are also required to complete a series of tasks to measure each person's creativity. The test consists of giving multiple answers to a question, drawing different geometric shapes, listing achievements in creative areas such as music, dance and writing.

After comparing the brain scan results with the results of the volunteers' test, the researchers found: 15% of people with high scores in the creative test have links between hemispheres. higher brain. This level of association is much higher than 15% of people with the lowest creativity (test results).

Links in the frontal lobe.(Photo: Daniele Durante).

The researchers say their findings could one day allow scientists to study many issues related to creativity. For example, assessing people's natural creativity, predicting the level of creativity, or even monitoring brain-related diseases in the elderly.

" Maybe by scanning the brain, we can tell what people are good at ," said a member of the research group, Duke's statistician David Dunson.

Although the study has many positive results, it must be said that due to the small sample size, the link between hemispheres and creativity has not completely convinced people. This assertion needs to be tested on a larger scale and with more diverse volunteer groups.

But the finding remains reliable evidence of the importance of brain connections . This is a growing field and is of great interest to researchers of neuroscience. Because of this, we can know the connections between parts of the brain, as well as between individual parts of the brain.

The brain is a large and complex organ and it also varies a lot from person to person. Therefore, researchers have to work very hard to detect what's still hidden in the massive amount of data about the brain.

In the next step, the team wanted to analyze the relationship between brain connections and IQ levels. This is also a factor related to creativity that has been studied before. With this method, research can also be used to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases.

While still in the early stages of linkage research, scientists still want to find unusual types of brains to make brain mapping data.

All research results have been published in Bayesian Analysis.