Laterality and creativity concomitants of attention problems

Shaw, Geraldine A.; Brown, Geoffrey L.

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“…Field dependence has also been associated with less focused, more diffuse attention (see Guyer and Friedman, 1975), itself linked to increased creativity (Tarver, Ellsworth and Rounds, 1980). Both field dependence and poor attentional focusing have also been linked to right hemisphere functioning (see Guyer and Friedman, 1975;Shaw and Brown, 1990). Thus relationships between creativity, field dependence and dyslexia would be predicted by a right-hemisphere enhancement explanation of the dyslexic's increased creativity.…”

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An eye for the unusual: creative thinking in dyslexics

1999

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This article describes a series of studies investigating the relationship between developmental dyslexia and creative talents. Tasks performed by the subjects included: finding alternative uses for objects, producing drawn objects from basic shapes, completing a self-report inventory which assessed innovative styles of thinking, and the solving of problems which required some form of insightful thinking. The data indicated both differences between dyslexics and non-dyslexics and differences across age groups. Compared with non-dyslexics, dyslexic adults presented consistent evidence of greater creativity in tasks requiring novelty or insight and more innovative styles of thinking; in contrast, dyslexic primary and secondary school children performed on a level with their non-dyslexic peers on a test which involved making drawings from a number of different shapes (figural creativity). Little evidence was found for an association between creativity and enhanced visuo-spatial skills or between creativity and handedness. Despite evidence being provided for the hypothesized creative talents of dyslexics, it was not possible to confirm that these talents were constitutional in nature or that they were associated with enhanced functioning of the right hemisphere.

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An eye for the unusual: creative thinking in dyslexics

1999

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“…Furthermore, these findings do not stand alone and are consistent with past research on creativity. For example, students with ADHD, at risk for ADHD, or with higher teacher-ratings on disruptiveness more than their equivalent IQ classmates: (a) scored higher on a tests of creative thinking (Brandau et al, 2007;Shaw & Brown, 1990), (b) told more creative stories with novel themes and plots (Zentall, 1988), and (c) used more nonverbal information and strategies during problem solving in response to high states of arousal (videos and games; Lawrence et al, 2002;Shaw & Brown, 1999).…”

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Social Interaction Rules in Cooperative Learning Groups for Students At Risk for ADHD

Kuester¹,

Zentall²

2012

The Journal of Experimental Education

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“…The percentage of highly creative children in the ADHD group in the present study was not as high as that obtained by Fugate, Zentall, & Gentry (2013), who, using the TTCT-figurative, found that 41% of their ADHD group scored O above the 90th percentile in the overall creativity index. In their ADHD group, however, 53% reached or over the 70th percentile in intellectual ability, which may have been a determining factor in the results (Shaw & Brown, 1990. With a sample of 34 children with ADHD, Cramond (1994b) found that 50% scored above the 70th percentile in TCTT-Figurative, thus exhibiting high intellectual and creative abilities.…”

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“…Shaw & Brown (1990 demonstrated that ADHD children used more diverse nonverbal information and were able to focus attention on different stimuli in their immediate environment, resulting in higher figural creativity. Other authors suggest the inability of ADHD children to screen out irrelevant stimuli when performing a task (latent inhibition) results in the availability of more stimuli for use in creative processes (Carson, Peterson, & Higgins 2003;Pritchard, Healey, & Neumann, 2006).…”

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Creativity in Children with Attention Déficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Gonzalez-Carpio¹,

Serrano²,

Nieto³

2017

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Research about creativity in ADHD children is very limited and has shown discordant results. Some features of cognitive functioning in ADHD, such as scattered attention, difficulty suppressing brain activity of the default neural network, inefficiency to inhibit irrelevant stimuli that access consciousness, or common markers-based genetics, are at the base of the connection between ADHD and creativity. The aim of this study is to explore whether the ADHD children are more creative and obtain better results in the divergent tasks traditionally considered as measures of creativity regarding children control. Method: The sample comprised 68 children, aged 8 to 13 years. A group of 34 children diagnosed with ADHD (M age 10.5, SD = 1.6) was compared to a control group of 34 without ADHD (M age = 10.8, SD = 1.7). None were under pharmacological treatment. The children were assessed using the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figurative (TTCT). Results: ADHD children showed better results in some areas of creativity, showing higher scores in Fluency, with a greater number of responses, Originality, with a greater number of unusual or unconventional responses, together with higher scores in Creative strengths, which include measures for movement or action, emotional expressiveness, story-telling articulateness, unusual visualization, humor or fantasy. Partial η 2 effect sizes ranged from 0.19 to 0.34. As a consequence of those partial superior resultados, the ADHD children show a higher global creativity index than the control group. Conclusions: Our results suggest that children diagnosed with ADHD are more creative, than typically developing children, not in all evaluated areas but in some of them. This finding could provide guidance for the use of more effective assessments and interventions to promote this positive quality in children with ADHD.

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Laterality and creativity concomitants of attention problems

Cited by 38 publications

References 18 publications

An eye for the unusual: creative thinking in dyslexics

An eye for the unusual: creative thinking in dyslexics

Social Interaction Rules in Cooperative Learning Groups for Students At Risk for ADHD

Creativity in Children with Attention Déficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Laterality and creativity concomitants of attention problems

Cited by 38 publications

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An eye for the unusual: creative thinking in dyslexics

An eye for the unusual: creative thinking in dyslexics

Social Interaction Rules in Cooperative Learning Groups for Students At Risk for ADHD

Creativity in Children with Attention D&#233;ficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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