Right (or Left) Brain Cognition, Wrong Metaphor for Creative Behavior: It Is Prefrontal Lobe Volition that Makes the Difference in the Release of Creative Potential.

Elliott, Portia C.

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ERIC Number: EJ347317

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Publication Date: 1986

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Right (or Left) Brain Cognition, Wrong Metaphor for Creative Behavior: It Is Prefrontal Lobe Volition that Makes the Difference in the Release of Creative Potential.

Elliott, Portia C.

Journal of Creative Behavior, v20 n3 p202-14 1986

It is argued that creative behavior is a product of the uniquely human capacity to will and requires activation of the prefrontal lobe "cells of will" to facilitate the harmonious functioning of all parts of the brain. (DB)

Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Individual Power, Neurology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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