Journal of Gifted/Talented Education (영재교육연구)

The Korean Society for the Gifted (한국영재학회)
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An fMRI Study of Relationship between Scientific Creativity and Emotional Susceptibility

과학적 창의력과 정서적 감수성의 관계에 대한 뇌영상 연구

  • Received : 2010.07.05
  • Accepted : 2010.08.18
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

We investigated the brain activity in perceiving the emotional stimuli between a science invention group(n=13) and a general group(n=13). The science invention group, which mostly consisted of recipients of creativity prizes, scored 96% on creative personality tests(WKOPAY, SAM), whereas the general group performed at an average level on these tests. Analyzing the brain activity in perceiving the emotional stimuli(IAPS pictures), the science invention group than the general group showed higher activity in certain areas, such as MTG, STG, and so on. When correlation analysis was performed on the creative personality score and brain activity, MTG, STG, and so on areas showed significant correlations. There were more correlation areas in valence than in arousal. These results show that scientific creativity is related to emotional susceptibility. Thus, we insist that emotion be considered in the assessment and education programs for the gifted in science.

본 연구에서는 과학적 창의력과 정서적 감수성의 관계를 알아보고자 고등학교 과학발명반집단(n=13)과 일반 고등학생집단(n=13)을 대상으로 정서를 유발하는 시각자극을 제시하고 뇌활동성을 기능성자기공명영상(fMRI)을 이용하여 분석하였다. 국내외 창의력 경진대회 수상자들을 중심으로 구성된 과학발명반집단은 창의적 성격검사(WKOPAY, SAM) 점수가 상위 96%이내였으며 일반집단은 보통 수준이었다. 정서를 유발하는 시각자극(IAPS사진) 제시 시 뇌활동성을 분석한 결과 과학발명반집단은 일반집단에 비해 중간측두이랑(MTG)과 상측두이랑(STG) 영역 등에서 뇌활동성이 높게 나타났다. 창의적 성격검사점수와 뇌활동성 간의 상관도를 분석한 결과 MTG, STG 영역 등에서 유의적인 상관도(p<0.005)를 나타내었다. 특히 흥분의 측면보다는 기분(유쾌/불쾌)의 측면에서 유의적인 상관도를 보이는 영역이 많았다. 이러한 결과는 과학적 창의력이 높은 학생들이 일반 학생들에 비해 정서적 감수성이 발달되어 있다는 점을 보여주는 것으로 과학영재교육 대상자의 선발과 교육프로그램에서 정서적 측면이 고려되어야 함을 시사한다.

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