caa a22 4500 445847883 CHVBK 20180627064141.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10548-010-0163-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10548-010-0163-9 Artists' Advance: Decreased Upper Alpha Power while Drawing in Artists Compared with Non-Artists [Elektronische Daten] [Mara Kottlow, Elke Praeg, Christine Luethy, Lutz Jancke] Brain mechanisms associated with artistic talents or skills are still not well understood. This exploratory study investigated differences in brain activity of artists and non-artists while drawing previously presented perspective line-drawings from memory and completing other drawing-related tasks. Electroencephalography (EEG) data were analyzed for power in the frequency domain by means of a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) was applied to localize emerging significances. During drawing and related tasks, decreased power was seen in artists compared to non-artists mainly in upper alpha frequency ranges. Decreased alpha power is often associated with an increase in cognitive functioning and may reflect enhanced semantic memory performance and object recognition processes in artists. These assumptions are supported by the behavioral data assessed in this study and complement previous findings showing increased parietal activations in non-artists compared to artists while drawing. However, due to the exploratory nature of the analysis, additional confirmatory studies will be needed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Artists nationallicence Drawing nationallicence EEG nationallicence Alpha nationallicence Plasticity nationallicence LORETA nationallicence Kottlow Mara Electrophysiology Section, Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, Psychiatric University Hospital Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000, Bern 60, Switzerland aut Praeg Elke Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (CNBS), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Luethy Christine Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Jancke Lutz Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Brain Topography Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/4(2011-01-01), 392-402 0896-0267 23:4<392 2011 23 10548 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-010-0163-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-010-0163-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kottlow Mara Electrophysiology Section, Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, Psychiatric University Hospital Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, 3000, Bern 60, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Praeg Elke Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (CNBS), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luethy Christine Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jancke Lutz Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Brain Topography Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/4(2011-01-01), 392-402 0896-0267 23:4<392 2011 23 10548 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 445847883 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer