During periods of dementia, the sensory functioning may be intact, but the process of recognition is diminished. These cognitive deficits impair the ability to be creative. Almost any frontal lobe syndrome or stroke . As with dementia, frontal lobe impairment causes disorientation and devalues an individual's meaning and goals. Although brain resources are reacting adaptively, severe impairment concentrates the brain's resources on functional rather than creative tasks.
Every individual is born with creativity.
People differ in the amount they choose to use their creativity and in the activities they choose to hone it. It may be the child who is more reserved and thoughtful who will turn out to be the clever and creative genius some day. Sacks has developed hypotheses. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , Touchstone Books An Anthropologist on Mars , Vintage Books Reference 1. American Psychiatric Association.