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However, a few of our patients showed creative skills in new areas, and we tried to evaluate a possible neural substrate for this phenomenon.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients who attended the memory clinic of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences between December 2016 and September 2018 were screened as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All mandatory investigations including complete neuropsychology workup were done. The Creativity Styles Questionnaire and Temperament and character inventory-Revised (TCI-R) were used to assess creativity. 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Higher volume in the non-dominant regions with relatively preserved language domain could be dysfunctional plasticity causing disinhibition of the innate creative skills when frontal lobe functions decline.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/aian.aian_727_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,11]],"date-time":"2025-04-11T12:00:10Z","timestamp":1744372810000},"page":"205-212","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Gain of Function Presenting as Creative Skills in Patients with Progressive Cognitive Dysfunction and their fMRI Correlates: A Descriptive Study"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Safwan","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chandra Ratnaswami","family":"Sadanandavalli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, S.K. 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