Openness to Experience, the personality trait associated with creative people, is linked to reduced cortical thickness on MRI, associated with lower psychometric measures of intelligence. This may reduce ability to filter contents of thought, thereby facilitating greater immersion of information.

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Openness to Experience, the personality trait associated with creative people, is linked to reduced cortical thickness on MRI, associated with lower psychometric measures of intelligence. This may reduce ability to filter contents of thought, thereby facilitating greater immersion of information.