The relationship between creativity and psychosis-proneness

Zanes, Jason; Ross, Scott R.; Hatfield, Rudolph; Houtler, Bruce D.; Whitman, Douglas

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(97)00199-2

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“…Indeed, nonlinear relationships between schizotypy and performance on verbal fluency (Tsakanikos & Claridge, 2005) and divergent thinking (Stoneham & Coughtrey, 2009) tasks have been reported. This U-shaped function can be captured by sampling three groups (rather than just high vs. low scorers), a strategy leveraged in the present report that has previously been effective in examining subtle relationships between schizotypy and creativity (e.g., Rhue & Lynn, 1987; Zanes et al, 1998). …”

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Neuropsychological differentiation of adaptive creativity and schizotypal cognition

Fisher¹,

Heller²,

Miller³

2013

Personality and Individual Differences

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Both creativity and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders have been associated with activation of remote semantic concepts, but this activation results in innovative output in one case and communication disturbances in the other. The present study examined the relationship between monitoring semantic information (which relies on executive brain function), creativity, and characteristics of schizotypy in an undergraduate population. Results indicate that executive function differentiates the use of semantic information in creativity and schizotypy. Specification of the balance between executive monitoring and activation of semantic information is important for determining how communication disturbances manifest, and for the measurement of creativity and schizotypy in the general population.

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Neuropsychological differentiation of adaptive creativity and schizotypal cognition

Fisher¹,

Heller²,

Miller³

2013

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Eysenck and Furnham, 1993;Gianotti et al, 2001;Kline and Cooper, 1986;Merten and Fischer, 1999;O'Reilly et al, 2001;Poreh et al, 1994;Rawlings and Toogood, 1997;Rushton, 1990;Rust et al, 1989;Graves, 2001, 2002;Woody and Claridge, 1977;Zanes et al, 1998) but currently, there is little support for enhanced creative ability in schizophrenics (Andreasen and Powers, 1975;Cropley and Sikand, 1973;Keefe and Magaro, 1980;Shimkunas and Murray, 1974). Yet, several studies using retrospective analyses of birth records, found support for increased creativity in the relatives of schizophrenic individuals, rather than in the probands themselves (Karlsson, 1970(Karlsson, , 1984.…”

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Verbal creativity and schizotypal personality in relation to prefrontal hemispheric laterality: A behavioral and near-infrared optical imaging study

Folley

Park

2005

Schizophrenia Research

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Although anecdotal and correlational results have suggested a reliable relationship between creativity and psychosis, few studies have examined this relationship using empirical methods. In addition, little is known about the neural substrates of creative thinking. We investigated the creative thinking process in relation to schizotypal personality, schizophrenia and prefrontal hemispheric laterality using behavioral and near-infrared optical spectroscopy (NIRS) methods. Schizophrenic, psychometrically ascertained schizotypal, and healthy control subjects (all right-handed) participated in a novel "alternate uses" task designed to assess divergent thinking (DT) ability. The DT task required subjects to generate "uses" for conventional and ambiguous objects. Prefrontal activity was measured using NIRS while subjects were engaged in DT vs. a cognitive control task in a subset of the subjects. Behavioral data indicated that schizotypes had enhanced DT ability compared with schizophrenic and control subjects, who showed similar performance overall. NIRS data showed that DT was associated with bilateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation, but the right PFC particularly contributed to the enhanced creative thinking in psychometric schizotypes compared with the other two groups. Thus, creative thinking seems to robustly recruit bilateral PFC, but it is the right PFC that is preferentially activated in schizotypes in relation to their enhanced DT.

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“…These individuals are said to be less conventional in their thinking, and more 'conceptually expansive' than people scoring low on P, and hence more creative. Some research has supported Eysenck's claim here (Zanes et al, 1998;Kaufmann 2002;Abraham et al, 2005), and a robust body of research has indicated that creativity is further linked to reduced Latent Inhibition (LI) (Carson, Peterson and Higgins, 2003) which is the extent to which the brain is able to ignore stimuli outside of the current focus of attention. What this all suggests, then, is that a creative individual is one who to varying degrees can be more inclined towards fantasy and psychosis, and hence, creativity can come at a cost (i.e., the creative individual may be psychosis prone).…”

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The Role of Creativity (and Creative behaviour) in Identifying Entrepreneurs

Richards

Busch

Bilgin

2010

International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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As the importance of creativity and in turn innovation for individuals, organizations, nations and the global community as a whole becomes recognized, so too does the value of identifying those individuals with the potential to become entrepreneurs. The nature of creative knowledge is such that it draws typically upon both codified and tacit forms of knowledge, to which end an instrument is presented based on workplace scenarios combined with a number of psychometric tests. With opportunities for innovation afforded by the internet, the identification and development of a new breed of individuals known as e-entrepreneurs seems particularly worthwhile. Thus in this study we have focused on scenarios within the field of information and communication technology. Results indicate innovators may present multiple personality styles which offer strengths to entrepreneurial activities. Finally through identification of creative personnel our approach offers a way for organizations to cultivate promising entrepreneurs.

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The relationship between creativity and psychosis-proneness

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Neuropsychological differentiation of adaptive creativity and schizotypal cognition

Neuropsychological differentiation of adaptive creativity and schizotypal cognition

Verbal creativity and schizotypal personality in relation to prefrontal hemispheric laterality: A behavioral and near-infrared optical imaging study

The Role of Creativity (and Creative behaviour) in Identifying Entrepreneurs

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