Relações entre alto potencial intelectual, funções executivas e criatividade em crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

Studies in individuals with high intellectual potential (HIP) highlight intellectual functioning marked by global activation and less segregation of the cortex. Therefore, several authors problematize the impact of some specific cognitive processes in determining intelligence, among which, executive functions (EF) and creativity stand out. The present study intends to continue the recent study developed by Felinto (2018) that highlighted the overlap of creativity and intelligence in the adolescent population and the relationship between intelligence and working memory (WM) in young adults with HIP. That said, the aim of this study is to analyze the relationships between HIP, EF, and creativity in children and youth audiences. The thesis was subdivided into three studies: 1) Book Chapter - "Paradoxical" Relationships between High Abilities/Giftdness and Dyslexia; 2) Age as a moderator of creativity in children with HIP. 3) Performance in TM and creativity in children and adolescents with HIP. Thirty-eight children and adolescents, aged between 7 and 14 years old, from public and private schools in the city of Natal/RN participated in this study. An assessment procedure of intelligence, FE, and creativity was carried out with the participants through a battery of neuropsychological instruments, and then descriptive and inferential analyses were implemented. In Study 1, clinical aspects of the asynchronous cognitive profile in children with double exceptionality were addressed. In Study 2, the analyses made it possible to understand the relations of the cognitive and affective aspects in the development of creativity. In Study 3, the results pointed out significant and strong correlations between intelligence and creativity, as well as differences between the groups in the variables mentioned above and in specific stages of the MT test. Given this, it is concluded that children and adolescents with APIs present particular characteristics for FE and creativity.