Neuroscience of Creativity in Human Computer Interaction

Abstract

Human computer interaction (HCI) has a rapid growth in designing creative systems and AI agents. The neuroscience of creativity uses different imaging systems, such as electroencephalogram (EEG), to visualize and interpret the brain activations with respect to creativity. This paper presents a survey on the contribution of the neuroscience of creativity in HCI research. It covers two HCI areas, which are computational creativity and brain computer interfaces (BCI). Computational creativity includes two categories: creativity support tools (CST) and co-creative agents. The discussion section compares several studies in term creativity patterns, creative tasks, and neuroscience efforts. There are gaps between neuroscience of creativity and HCI that need more contributions. Future works include evaluating or developing CSTs, improving creative tasks used in computational creativity, or proposing neuroscience of creativity theories in designing creative systems.