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What prevents people from celebrating World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21?

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Even though the WCID April 21 celebration is relatively new, it’s growing, and people are learning about it now that it is a United Nations Day of Observance. Do you think that feeling self-conscious may prevent people from celebrating their capacity to generate new ideas, make new decisions, take new actions and achieve new outcomes …

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Creative people’s brains really do work differently

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What makes highly creative people different from the rest of us? In the 1960s, psychologist and creativity researcher Frank X. Barron set about finding out. Barron conducted a series of experiments on some of his generation’s most renowned thinkers in an attempt to isolate the unique spark of creative genius. In a historic study, Barron… …

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Emotional expression affects the brain's creativity network

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The workings of neural circuits associated with creativity are significantly altered when artists are actively attempting to express emotions, according to a new brain-scanning study of jazz pianists. Sourced through Scoop.it from: medicalxpress.com “The bottom line is that emotion matters,” said senior author Charles Limb, MD. “It can’t just be a binary situation in which …

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Using Pictionary to Study Creativity and the Brain

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Researchers at Stanford are trying to see what parts of the brain underlie creativity. Investigators at Stanford University have found a surprising link between creative problem-solving and heightened activity in the cerebellum, a structure located in the back of the brain and more typically thought of as the body’s movement-coordination center. In designing the study, …

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How To Be a Polymath | Praxis | Big Think

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See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights “People as old as 90 who actively acquire new interests that involve learning retain their ability to learn. But if we stop taxing the nucleus basalis, it begins to dry up.” Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: There’s evidence that something as trivial as changing the path you use …

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Scientists Discover Source of Imagination in Human Brain

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Do you remember playing pretend when you were a child? A stick became a sword while a playground became a castle. This ability to use your imagination persists when people create art, invent tools and think scientifically. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: The purpose of this research is to program machines. Will our creative freedoms be …

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