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. 2014 Dec 16;9(12):e114619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114619

Table 3. Relationship between cortical thickness and Creative Ability Test performance.

Measures of divergent thinking Brain area Side Talairach coordinates* Size(mm2) t max
x y z
CAT fluency 1
Lateral Occipital Cortex left −41.2 −75.2 −2.5 118.2 5.48
Postcentral Gyrus left −37.5 −33.7 62.2 46.4 4.61
CAT originality
Lingual Gyrus left −18.7 −75.8 −9.2 398.0 5.03
Lateral Occipital Cortex left −28.4 −94.0 −5.2 753.7 4.67
Superior Parietal Cortex left −13.0 −76.4 43.7 78.7 3.90
Temporal Pole left −32.7 8.9 37.7 84.8 3.87
Enthorinal Cortex left −27.8 −17.4 −30.6 49.3 3.63
Isthmus Cingulate Cortex left −5.4 −45.1 30.7 36.2 3.60
Superior Frontal Gyrus left −7.8 29.5 45.3 25.0 3.36
CAT originality with IQ
Lingual Gyrus left −15.5 −78,9 −10.8 484.5 5.00
Temporal Pole left −33.0 10.5 −38.0 143.7 4.21
Lateral Occipital Cortex left −28.5 −94.4 −3.0 580.2 4.16
Superior Frontal Gyrus left −7.4 28.4 45.8 130.4 4.15
Superior Parietal Cortex left −12.5 −76.2 43.5 105.0 4.02
Isthmus Cingulate Cortex left −4.3 −43.2 29.7 53.9 3.72
Inferior Temporal Cortex left −47.3 −63.6 −5.4 20.6 3.46

t max = t-value of maximum positive correlation between cortical thickness and CAT performance. All regions survive FDR-correction p<0.05 with Total Intracranial Volume, sex and age as nuisance variables. Size (mm2)  =  surface area of the cluster in square millimeters.*Note on Talairach: FreeSurfer does not report true "Talairach" coordinates. The coordinates listed under "Talairach" are actually based on Matthew Brett's 10/8/98 non-linear transform from MNI305 space (see https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/CoordinateSystems).

1

No significant associations after IQ correction.