?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Creativity+and+the+Brain&rft.creator=Duch%2C+Wlodzislaw&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Neurocognitive+approach+to+higher+cognitive+functions+that+bridges+the+gap+between+psychological+and+neural+level+of+description+is+introduced.+Relevant+facts+about+the+brain%2C+working+memory+and+representation+of+symbols+in+the+brain+are+summarized.+Putative+brain+processes+responsible+for+problem+solving%2C+intuition%2C+skill+learning+and+automatization+are+described.+The+role+of+non-dominant+brain+hemisphere+in+solving+problems+requiring+insight+is+conjectured.+Two+factors+seem+to+be+essential+for+creativity%3A+imagination+constrained+by+experience%2C+and+filtering+that+selects+most+interesting+solutions.+Experiments+with+paired+words+association+are+analyzed+in+details+and+evidence+for+stochastic+resonance+effects+is+found.+Brain+activity+in+the+process+of+invention+of+novel+words+is+proposed+as+the+simplest+way+to+understand+creativity+using+experimental+and+computational+means.+Perspectives+on+computational+models+of+creativity+are+discussed.&rft.publisher=World+Scientific+Publishing&rft.contributor=Tan%2C+Ai-Girl&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7300%2F1%2F06-Creativity-Brain.pdf&rft.identifier=++Duch%2C+Wlodzislaw++(2007)+Creativity+and+the+Brain.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7300%2F