The BIG Study

 

Some research I feel is relevant here is the Case study of ASD/ADHD- Brain Imaging Genetics (BIG) study, University of Missouri. Here is a summary of the quite detailed online article.

 

“Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is among the most common neurodevelopmental conditions. ADHD has a prevalence of around 5–7.8% in childhood and 1.2–7.3% in adulthood.

ASD has a prevalence of around 1–2.8% in childhood and 2.5–3.4% in adulthood (1–9). If you are Autistic there is a 68% chance you also have ADHD [….].

 

 One strength, creativity, has been associated with both ADHD and ASD. However, the distinct presentations of both conditions beg the question whether ADHD and ASD associate with the same or different aspects of creativity […]. To investigate the spectrum of ADHD and ASD symptoms, self-reported ADHD and ASD symptoms, convergent and divergent thinking and creative achievements were assessed in a self-reportedly healthy sample of adults. We performed correlation analysis to investigate the relation between ADHD/ASD symptoms and creativity measures.

 

 The results revealed that the total number of ADHD symptoms was related to higher divergent thinking scores of fluency, flexibility and originality, […]. Our results did not confirm the hypothesis that ASD symptoms are related to increased convergent thinking. [...] However, explorative analyses showed interesting links between the ASD subdomains of problems with imagination and symptoms that relate to social difficulties. More social difficulties seem to be associated with better convergent thinking”.  

Marije Stolte, Et al, University of Missouri

 

 

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