Methods and systems for self-assessment of individual imagination and ideation

A method for determining a level of imagination of an assessment subject, the method comprising:

• providing, by an assessment administrator, to an assessment subject, at a first time, a first assessment prompt instructing the assessment subject to write at least one idea;
• receiving, by the assessment administrator, from the assessment subject, a first response to the first assessment prompt;
• safeguarding, in a manner that preserves confidentiality, by the assessment administrator, the received first response;
• providing, by the assessment administrator, to the assessment subject, at a second time subsequent to the first time, a second assessment prompt instructing the assessment subject to write at least one idea;
• receiving, by the assessment administrator, from the assessment subject, a second response to the second assessment prompt;
• safeguarding, in a manner that preserves confidentiality, by the assessment administrator, the second response;
• receiving, by the assessment administrator, from the assessment subject, a self-evaluation of a level of imagination of the assessment subject based on self-evaluation of the first response and the second response;
• analyzing the plurality of responses and the self-evaluation to determine a level of imagination, wherein analyzing comprises averaging the results of the self-assessment into a single score;
• correlating the score to a thickness of a cortical region of the brain of the assessment subject;
• and
• providing a measurement of the level of individual imagination based upon the correlation.