What is Creativity?
If we agree that creativity requires originality and usefulness, who gets to say what is original and/or useful? When we ask this question, it becomes clear that creativity is shaped …
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How can we explain creativity?
What is creativity? It can be really frustrating when someone asks you to ‘be more creative’. This request makes it sound like it is one of those skills you can …
What is the classic creative process?
If you google ‘creative process’ you will get over 3 billion results! This goes to show there are many different takes on what this process involves. Here, we will look …
Creativity as a Collaborative Practice
Sometimes we think of creativity as a solo pursuit. We think of famous painters or innovators and single them out as creative geniuses, working alone. This is not the norm …
How Neuroscience Relates to Creativity
Onarheim and Friis-Olivarius (2013) present five key concepts based on basic brain processes. These are not only mental processes, but they relate in some ways to our capacity to be …
Our Brains Do Not Like Uncertainty
Beau Lotto is a professor of Neuroscience at University of London. In this Big Think video from 2017 he explains how we humans have evolved to do nearly anything to …
Understanding our brain can help our creativity
Cognitive neuroscience tries to understand how the brain operates and what cognitive processes are involved in certain activities (or which parts are active or not active). To do this, neuroscientists …
Towards a Unified Understanding of Creativity
In this article, you will learn how creativity relates to the field of neuroscience and also apply these principles to real-life scenarios. It is tempting to think, or maybe hope, …
Creativity is Uniquely Human
Children are often seen as being creative. They do not mind painting a tree yellow if they want to, or creating an imaginary world to play in. We often hear, …
Creativity in Daily Life
We have now learnt that creativity is not just for artists, it is not just something people do for fleeting moments. It is something we engage in frequently. Professor Murray …
How to improve creativity
In this short video, several creative people explain some of the things that help them to feel more creative. They do not mention neuroscience or specific cognitive processes, they talk …
What is Divergent Thinking?
In terms of creativity and coming up with original and novel ideas, divergent thinking is the key. It is easier for some people than others, but it is essential. Divergent …
How to Encourage Creative Thinking
There are a number of different mental processes that encourage creative thinking and that enable us to come up with ideas that are original. Once we have potentially original thoughts, …
Why is creativity an important skill in the 21st century?
We have already established that creativity is a core human skill. It is foundational for our development as a species. It is also a skill that has been identified as …
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