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    A pioneering and multidisciplinary study involving serial entrepreneurs   
   and managers found evidence of increased neuronal connectivity in the brains of   
   entrepreneurs, which may contribute to distinct cognitive attributes    
      
     Date:   
         June 13, 2023   
     Source:   
         University of Liege   
     Summary:   
         In a pioneering study involving serial entrepreneurs and managers,   
         a multidisciplinary research team, combining entrepreneurship   
         researchers and brain specialists, found evidence of increased   
         neuronal connectivity in the brains of entrepreneurs, which may   
         contribute to distinct cognitive attributes.   
      
      
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   In a pioneering study involving serial entrepreneurs and managers,   
   a multidisciplinary research team led by HEC -- School of Management   
   at the University of Lie`ge and Lie`ge University Hospital (CHU   
   Lie`ge), combining entrepreneurship researchers and brain specialists,   
   found evidence of increased neuronal connectivity in the brains of   
   entrepreneurs, which may contribute to distinct cognitive attributes.   
      
   Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI),   
   the study showed that serial entrepreneurs have higher connectivity   
   between the right insula (associated with cognitive flexibility) and   
   the anterior prefrontal cortex (a key region for exploratory choices),   
   compared to their fellow managers. These results, published in the   
   journal Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, suggest that serial   
   entrepreneurs possess greater cognitive flexibility, enabling them to   
   alternate effectively between exploration and exploitation, a balance   
   that is crucial to their success.   
      
   Unlike the traditional fMRI approach based on tasks submitted to the   
   subject, the rs-fMRI on which this study is based observes the brain   
   at rest, in the absence of cognitive tasks or presentation of stimuli,   
   which constitutes an innovative approach to improving understanding of   
   the entrepreneurial mind.   
      
   Forty people, entrepreneurs and managers, took part in the study.   
      
   "This study represents an important advance in our understanding of   
   the entrepreneurial mind. It highlights the potential of neuroscience   
   and how this approach complements the traditional tools used to study   
   entrepreneurial cognition. By highlighting the difference in cognitive   
   flexibility, it also offers a new perspective to inform the design of   
   training or professional development programmes aimed at improving the   
   cognitive flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit of individuals within   
   various organisations," explains Fre'de'ric Ooms, researcher and Assistant   
   Professor in management and entrepreneurship (HEC -- ULie`ge School of   
   Management), first author of the publication, based on the results of   
   his PhD thesis on entrepreneurial cognitive flexibility presented in   
   April 2023.   
      
   "In a world of rapid and unpredictable change, organisations need to   
   cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and foster cognitive flexibility   
   within their teams, qualities recognised by the OECD as a 21st century   
   challenge," points out Professor Bernard Surlemont, Professor of   
   Entrepreneurship at ULie`ge (HEC Lie`ge).   
      
   "This collaborative, multidisciplinary study illustrates 'neuro-   
   entrepreneurship', the integration of knowledge in neuroscience (at the   
   ULie`ge GIGA and the CHU of Lie`ge) and the world of entrepreneurship (HEC   
   Lie`ge), and shows how neuroimaging techniques help to better visualise   
   the neural networks involved in 'cognitive flexibility', in order to   
   be able to adapt to a constantly changing reality, which is the source   
   of entrepreneurial success," notes Dr Steven Laureys, neurologist and   
   Clinical Professor at the Centre du Cerveau of the University Hospital   
   (CHU) of Lie`ge, Research Director at the Fund for Scientific Research --   
   FNRS and Visiting Professor at the CERVO Research Centre (Laval, Quebec).   
      
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. Fre'de'ric Ooms, Jitka Annen, Rajanikant Panda, Paul Meunier, Luaba   
         Tshibanda, Steven Laureys, Jeffrey M. Pollack, Bernard Surlemont.   
      
         Advancing (Neuro)Entrepreneurship Cognition Research Through   
         Resting- State fMRI: A Methodological Brief. Entrepreneurship Theory   
         and Practice, 2023; 104225872311702 DOI: 10.1177/10422587231170217   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230613110035.htm   
      
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