{"title":"Comparison of the cerebral activities exhibited by expert and novice visual communication designers during idea incubation","authors":"C. Liang, Chi-Cheng Chang, Yu-Cheng Liu","doi":"10.1080/21650349.2018.1562995","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Scientific data regarding the conception of design-related ideas are increasing, but the mechanisms underlying conceptual imagination remain unclear. The current study aimed to identify the sites of cerebral activity related to pictorial stimulation and to compare the results of electroencephalography for expert and novice designers engaging in tasks involving conceptual imagination. The experiments revealed that (i) the brain activities of virtual experience designers were notably stimulated in the prefrontal and temporal cortices; (ii) the spectral power levels of experts were higher than those of novices, except with regard to sensibility stimulation in the left temporal cortex; and (iii) the differences between experts and novices in the results for the theta and alpha bands in the prefrontal cortex were statistically significant.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21650349.2018.1562995","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2018.1562995","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Scientific data regarding the conception of design-related ideas are increasing, but the mechanisms underlying conceptual imagination remain unclear. The current study aimed to identify the sites of cerebral activity related to pictorial stimulation and to compare the results of electroencephalography for expert and novice designers engaging in tasks involving conceptual imagination. The experiments revealed that (i) the brain activities of virtual experience designers were notably stimulated in the prefrontal and temporal cortices; (ii) the spectral power levels of experts were higher than those of novices, except with regard to sensibility stimulation in the left temporal cortex; and (iii) the differences between experts and novices in the results for the theta and alpha bands in the prefrontal cortex were statistically significant.
期刊介绍:
Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.