Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease

Marcus Heldmann; Celia Rinckens; Norbert Brüggemann; Mohamed Al-Khaled; Thomas F. Münte

doi:10.1186/s42466-023-00304-1

Creative thinking and cognitive estimation in Parkinson’s disease

Marcus Heldmann, Celia Rinckens, Norbert Brüggemann, Mohamed Al-Khaled, Thomas F. Münte^*

^*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Klinik für Neurologie

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Abstract

Background: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been reported to exhibit unusual bouts of creativity (e.g., painting, writing), in particular in the context of treatment with dopaminergic agents. Here we investigated divergent and convergent thinking thought to underlie creativity. In addition we assessed cognitive estimation.

Method: Twenty PD patients and 20 matched healthy control participants were subjected to the Guilford Alternate Uses task (divergent thinking), the remote associates task (convergent thinking) and two tests of cognitive estimation. Results: No group differences were found for the convergent thinking task, while the Guilford Alternate Uses task revealed a decreased number of correct responses and a reduced originality for PD patients. Originality in PD was correlated to total daily dose of dopaminergic medication. Moreover, both tasks of cognitive estimation showed an impairment in PD.

Conclusion: Only minor effects were found for psychometric indices of subprocesses of creative thinking, while estimation, relying on executive functioning, is impaired in PD. We suggest to take a product oriented view of creativity in further research on altered creative processes in PD.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Aufsatznummer	9
Zeitschrift	Neurological Research and Practice
Jahrgang	6
Ausgabenummer	1
Seiten (von - bis)	9
ISSN	2524-3489
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-023-00304-1
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 15.02.2024

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Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. During the previous 12 months authors received financial support from the following agencies: N. Brüggemann received honaria from Abbvie, Esteve, Ipsen, Merz, Zambonand grant support from the DFG (BR4328.2-1, GRK1957), the Michael J Fox Foundation, the Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism and the EU Joint Programme—Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND). T.F. Münte received grant support from the DFG (MU1311/20-1).

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