This study aimed to determine how gender composition affects the group creative process. Participants were recruited into dyads with different gender compositions (female-male dyad, F-M; female-female, F-F; male-male, and M-M) to solve two problems. One problem demanded creativity alternative use task (AUT) and the other did not object characteristic task. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)-based hyperscanning was used to record interpersonal neural responses. Results demonstrated no significant difference in creative performance among the three types of dyads. However, the F-F dyad showed higher levels of cooperative behaviour (i.e. the index of convergence) and collective flexibility than the other dyads. Also, in the fNIRS data, the F-F dyad showed higher interpersonal brain synchronization (IBS) increments in the right posterior parietal cortex during the AUT than the other dyads, which covaried with their creative performance. These findings indicate that while solving a creativity problem together, females are more likely than males to consider others' perspectives. This gender difference might be due to the enhanced IBS increment in the right posterior parietal cortex.

中文翻译：

---

合作伙伴的性别会影响小组创意构思过程中的互动模式。

这项研究旨在确定性别组成如何影响小组的创作过程。参加者被招募到具有不同性别组成的二元组中（女性-男性二元组，FM；女性-女性，FF；男性-男性和MM），以解决两个问题。一个问题要求创造力替代使用任务（AUT），另一个问题不反对特征任务。基于功能近红外光谱（fNIRS）的超扫描用于记录人际神经反应。结果表明，三种类型的二元组在创造力上没有显着差异。但是，FF二元组显示出比其他二元组更高的协作行为（即，收敛指数）和集体灵活性。另外，在fNIRS数据中，FF二分法显示在AUT期间右后顶叶皮层的人际大脑同步（IBS）增量高于其他二分法，这与它们的创造力有关。这些发现表明，在共同解决创造力问题的同时，女性比男性更有可能考虑他人的观点。这种性别差异可能是由于右后顶叶皮质的IBS增量增加所致。