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. 2015 Apr 18;36(7):2703–2718. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22801

Table 4.

The COIs of structural studies selected in ALE meta‐ analysis of divergent thinking

Studies Conditions COI Foci
Fink et al. [2014] BIS fluency/flexibility BIS fluency/flexibility positive association with gray matter density 2
AU originality AU originality positive association with gray matter density 2
BIS ∩ AU 1
Jung et al. [2010a]

CCI: composite creativity index obtained by averaging the scores of four divergent thinking tasks

FA: fractional anisotropy

AD: Axial Diffusivity

RD: Radial Diffusivity

CCI correlated to FA 2
CCI correlated to RD 3
CCI correlated to AD 2
Jung et al. [2010b] CCI: composite creativity index combined the scores of fluency, flexibility and uniqueness of AUT negative correlation between cortical thickness and CCI 5
positive correlation between cortical thickness and CCI 1
Kühn et al. [2014]

Average Creativity of AUT

Cognitive Flexibility of AUT

Average Uniqueness of AUT

Positive Correlation between Gray Matter Volume and Cognitive Flexibility 5
Positive Correlation between Gray Matter Volume and Average Uniqueness 5
Positive Correlation between Gray Matter Volume and Average Creativity 4
Takeuchi et al. [2010a]

S‐A creativity test

rGMV: regional gray matter volume

positive correlations between rGMV and S‐A creativity test score 6
Takeuchi et al. [2010b]

S‐A creativity test

FA

correlations between FA values and the scores from the S‐A creativity test 25
Zhu et al. [2013]

Verbal TTCT

rGMV: regional gray matter volume

rGWV: regional whit matter volume

rGMV correlated with verbal creativity test score 2
rWMV correlated with verbal creativity test score 2