In the September 2015 issue of Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Perkins et al. [1] proposed that the personality trait of neuroticism stems from individual differences in neural processes that govern the nature of self-generated thought (SGT). They also asserted that higher levels of neuroticism are associated with higher levels of creativity, especially intellectual creativity and creative proble...

The empirical model presented in this paper is based on observations made on 60 neurotics and 60 normals matched at the individual level. Efforts are made to use the systems approach to present this paradigm synthesising both individual and environmental resources. We are of the opinion that this model is not only useful in understanding the genesis of neuroses rather has utility at the interve...