Table 2 Partial correlations, controlling for age and sex, between behavioral assessment measures commonly associated with creativity and subject scores on MCQ question III (“Have you ever improvised or written original music?”).

From: Musical Creativity “Revealed” in Brain Structure: Interplay between Motor, Default Mode and Limbic Networks

(N = 182)

Musical Creativity

CAQ - Total

CAQ - Music

DT Originality

CAQ - Total

0.31***

   

CAQ - Music

0.56***

0.44***

  

DT Originality

0.17*

0.23**

0.15*

 

Openness/Intellect

0.20**

0.16*

0.20**

0.26***

  1. MCQ—Musical Creativity Questionnaire; CAQ—Creative Achievement Questionnaire; DT—Divergent Thinking (Torrance Test of Creative Thinking); Openness/Intellect—Big Five Aspect Scale. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
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