Why a 20-Minute Nap Could Be Key to Unlocking ‘Eureka!’ Moments Like Salvador Dalí
A 20-minute nap can boost your chances of a creative breakthrough, according to new research.
Tag: creativity
Why Reading Obituaries Every Weekend Turned Me Into a Creative Idea Machine
Reading obituaries can boost creativity by exposing you to distant ideas, fueling the associations that lead to unexpected breakthroughs.
Creative brains employ unique patterns of connectivity, favoring long-distance connections
Some brains are just built different.
When trying out creative ideas, go for your second choice, a new study finds
"We're probably all killing a lot of our best ideas early in the creative process without knowing it," says the ...
The Psychology of Creativity
What makes a person creative?
Creativity hinges on churning as many ideas out as possible — then taking a break
It doesn't matter if your ideas suck -- get more of them!
Creative fields have a lot to benefit from people with ADHD, new study says
Finally, some go...... Uuu shiny!
Performing artists with a history of childhood adversity have more intense creative experiences
Some of the best art comes out of a lot of pain.
Will AI start to take over writing? How will we manage it?
An AI writer -- can this really be?
Suppressing reasoning side of the brain with harmless electrical zaps enhances creativity
Put that thinking cap on.
Organized information may be creativity’s death knell, study found
Sometimes, we need a little chaos to get the cogs turning.
Georgetown University team found you can literally zap creativity into your brain
Electrically stimulating the frontopolar cortex can enhance creativity, a new study from Georgetown University found.
Creative thinking requires more checks and balances that you’d think
Creative thinking requires the simultaneous activation of two distinct networks in the brain, the associative and normative networks. Higher connectivity ...
Taking a walk encourages creativity more than sitting
Photo: flickr If you've ever read the biographies of some of the world's greatest thinkers, you may have noticed that ...
Musical training doesn’t make you smarter, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Playing an instrument comes with a wide range of benefits, especially for children. It teaches them ...
Measuring creativity through spontaneous single spoken words
What is creativity? Although definitions vary, one might be inclined to say that creativity, ultimately, is anything that has to ...
