Figure 1.

Experimental paradigm. The subjects were instructed to imagine novel and interesting pictures based on the given clues in the creative condition, to figure out a common pattern that did not have to be unique in the uncreative condition, and to look at the cross in the center of screen in the fixation condition. We presented 12 different pictures in both the creative and uncreative conditions. Creative thinking was assessed according to the TTCT criteria. (K, key press to report whether the tasks have been completed.)