O. M. Razumnikova

Yashanina А.А.

Specifi c character of hemispheric selection of hierarchic visual stimuli characterizing level of originality in fi gurative and verbal creativity testing (n = 122) with regard for verbal and fi gurative components of intelligence have been studied. Originality is shown to be due to high speed of right hemispheric processes of information selection at the global level and is positively connected with intelligence indices regardless of type of creative thinking. Successfulness of each type of creative thinking, verbal or fi gurative, requires high level of corresponding component of intelligence and effective specialization of hemispheres with rapid selection of information at the local level for left one and at the global level for right one and is accompanied by slowdown of information exchange between hemispheres.