Creative Cognitive Processes and Hemispheric Specialization

Poreh, Amir; Whitman, R. Douglas

doi:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1991.tb01367.x

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“…The verbal and figural tasks are moderately correlated and prior research found no differences in ear advantage on a dichotic listening task for these two subdomains (Poreh & Whitman, 1991;Poreh et al, 1994). Within the creativity composite data was binned with an equal percentile cut point made at the 50th percentile.…”

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“…Hoppe (1994;Hoppe & Kyle, 1990), for example, proposed that highly creative individuals are able to transfer symbolization and imagery from the RH to the LH which, in the highly creative person, can verbalize. The third model, the hemispheric collaboration model, argues that the two hemispheres function as a collaborative unit in a synergistic manner (Abeare, Hatfield, Whitman, Adams, & Hutchinson, 2005;Bogen & Bogen, 1969;Britain, 1985;Koestler, 1964;Poreh & Whitman, 1991). This study, examining cross-hemisphere priming in creative subjects, is a test of the hemispheric collaboration model.…”

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“…In contrast, a number of studies have focused on greater RH involvement in highly creative subjects using hemispheric 'indicators such as eye movements' (Harnad, 1972) comparison of verbal versus melodic tasks or visual tasks (Katz, 1983(Katz, , 1986, dichotic ear preference (Poreh & Whitman, 1991;Poreh, Whitman, & Ross, 1994), handedness, or when dealing with novel or unusual stimuli (Dimond & Beaumont, 1974). Although these studies suggest that the RH is critical to creative thought, they are unable to compare lateralized processing with cross-hemisphere processing.…”

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“…Several theorists argue that the creative process involves the synergistic interaction of two modes of thinking (Koestler, 1964;Rothenberg, 1983). And, a number of models propose that this process is accomplished by means of either greater involvement of the RH during more creative thinking (Hoppe, 1988;Seger, Desmond, Glover, & Gabrieli, 2000), or by means of greater cooperation between the two hemispheres (Bogen & Bogen, 1969;Friedman & Förster, 2005;Poreh & Whitman, 1991;Rotenberg, 1998).…”

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“…Previous factor analysis of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) in both normal (Poreh & Whitman, 1991) and normal and schizotypic subjects (Poreh et al, 1994) found that the originality and fluency measures of the TTCT were strongly related to lateralized measures of verbal processing (dichotic listening). We proposed that subjects scoring higher on measures of figural and verbal fluency and originality on the TTCT would show greater cross-hemisphere semantic priming.…”

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Today's successful organizations function much like creatively intelligent, individual brain‐mind systems. Unfortunately, many of the bureaucratic organizations we inherited from the industrial era function like individual minds of lesser intelligence. A metaphorical comparison of our organizations with the human brain‐mind system illuminates organizational configurations and behaviors that promote success in today's turbulent economic and sociopolitical conditions. Both the creatively intelligent post‐industrial organization and the highly developed human brain‐mind are integrated clusters of dynamically evolving subsystems. Their functional dynamism enables them to perceive patterns in chaos, and to create effective long‐term plans derived from those patterns. Imagine the organization in which you work as a giant brain. The human brain‐mind system consists of a number of subsystems that work together to produce our thoughts, feelings, and actions. In a similar way, most of our institutions and businesses consist of departments that work together to create and distribute products or services. A wide variety of thought processes and behaviors are common to both the human brain‐mind and the typical organization. Some of these include planning, analysis, abstract thought, emotional responses, ritualistic behaviors, and creative idea generation. A creatively intelligent person produces and integrates a blend of these thought processes and actions that is best suited to success in his or her environment. In a similar manner, today's successful organizations generate optimal blends of thought processes and actions that enable them to flourish in the midst of uncertain conditions. We can identify opportunities for greater organizational creativity and efficiency by using a brain metaphor to analyze the nature of today's most effective organizations. This paper compares the human brain‐mind system to the organizations that are surviving and thriving in today's turbulent socioeconomic climate. There are some remarkable parallels. In many ways, today's most effective organizations closely mirror the functioning of the optimally developed human brain‐mind. Similarly, our least effective organizations operate much like individual minds of lesser creative intelligence. The brain metaphor suggests that, in today's post‐industrial organizational climate, some institutions and businesses are suffering from brain damage while others are on their way to becoming creatively intelligent geniuses.

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Creative Cognitive Processes and Hemispheric Specialization

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Hemispheric Collaboration in Creative Subjects: Cross-Hemisphere Priming in a Lexical Decision Task

Hemispheric Collaboration in Creative Subjects: Cross-Hemisphere Priming in a Lexical Decision Task

Creatively Intelligent: Post‐Industrial Organizations and Intellectually Impaired Bureaucracies

Cerebral Hemispheric Mechanisms Linking Ambiguous Word Meaning Retrieval and Creativity

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