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Creative thinking in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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Abraham, Anna
Windmann, Sabine
Siefen, Rainer
Daum, Irene
Güntürkün, Onur

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A widened attentional focus, that is typically associated with ADHD, has been postulated to be accompanied by enhanced creative ability. However, creativity has been only limitedly examined in ADHD. Performance across several creativity measures were investigated in three groups: adolescents with ADHD, those with conduct disorder, and a healthy control sample. The ADHD group exhibited selective cognitive advantages and disadvantages by demonstrating an enhanced ability in overcoming the constraining influence of examples, but a reduced capacity to generate a functional invention during an imagery task. These findings are interpreted with reference to inhibitory control mechanisms and the contextual modulation of creative cognition.

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Kreativität Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Syndrom creativity conduct disorder inhibitory control prefrontal function contextual modulation of information processing

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2006

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Abraham, Anna
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Windmann, Sabine
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Siefen, Rainer
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Daum, Irene
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Güntürkün, Onur
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-22T06:40:46Z
  • Made available on
    2007-02-23
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:30:26Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-22T06:40:46Z
  • Date of first publication
    2006
  • Abstract / Description
    A widened attentional focus, that is typically associated with ADHD, has been postulated to be accompanied by enhanced creative ability. However, creativity has been only limitedly examined in ADHD. Performance across several creativity measures were investigated in three groups: adolescents with ADHD, those with conduct disorder, and a healthy control sample. The ADHD group exhibited selective cognitive advantages and disadvantages by demonstrating an enhanced ability in overcoming the constraining influence of examples, but a reduced capacity to generate a functional invention during an imagery task. These findings are interpreted with reference to inhibitory control mechanisms and the contextual modulation of creative cognition.
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  • Publication status
    unknown
  • Review status
    unknown
  • ISSN
    0929-7049
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-9040
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/393
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.11276
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    Child Neuropsychology, Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, Volume 12, Number 2 / April 2006 Pages: 111 - 123 URL: http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=n3116116174p6736 DOI: 10.1080/09297040500320691
  • Keyword(s)
    Kreativität
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  • Keyword(s)
    Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Syndrom
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  • Keyword(s)
    creativity
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  • Keyword(s)
    conduct disorder
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  • Keyword(s)
    inhibitory control
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  • Keyword(s)
    prefrontal function
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  • Keyword(s)
    contextual modulation of information processing
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Creative thinking in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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  • DRO type
    article
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    PsyDok