Once people descend into that state of dissociation , they then probably experience heightened activity in the association cortices of the brain , such as certain frontal regions and inferior temporal regions , andreasen reported .
But when they temporarily shut down the cortices of the volunteers with a non-invasive procedure known as transcranial magnetic stimulation , the subjects ceased to adjust their behaviour to comply with that of the group .
Once the association cortices are activated , andreasen is not sure what happens next in the creative process .
一旦联合皮层被激活起来,安德瑞森并不确定在创意的进程中接下来会发生什么。
But the cortices probably send messages back and forth to each other and produce new ideas , she conjectured .
但她推测皮层之间或许会反复互相发送信息并因此产生新的思维。
The auditory cortex , which plays a critical role in auditory attention and perception , forms functional connections with other sensory cortices and critical brain areas .
She came to this conclusion after conducting a brain-imaging study of people in a resting state that showed that the association cortices of their brains were especially active at this time .