Creativity is Neuroscience: 6 Ways to Get Your Brain in Create Mode
What does neuroscience have to do with creativity? Plenty, if you want to cut through the clutter and focus on really bringing that creative vision to life. Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D, is both a neuroscientist and a published author and photographer. He’s currently leading a…
Work And Play: Your Creative Summer Reading List
Not sure which audio books to pick up before you head out on a long car ride to the coast? Browsing the airport bookstore with a hankering to learn but without a clue as to what to actually buy? When you’ve got a little bit…
Competing For Creativity: How To Turn Rivalry Into Motivation
No one likes second place. And when you’re striving to do your best, you don’t want to see someone effortlessly running ahead. But there is plenty of research (and historical evidence) that shows how our brains think even better if we have someone we’re trying to…
Stuck In A Creative Rut? Maybe You’re Too Alert
Caffeine, cigarettes, a quick run. These are just some of the stimulants that creative types can’t do without when they’re looking for their inventiveness to be operating at maximum efficiency. But what if lighting a fire and being laser-focused isn’t the best mindset for creativity?…
Hard Time Concentrating? Science Says That Might Be A Good Thing
Let’s not discuss how many times, while trying to write this article, I checked my email or looked at a Youtube or got up because I wanted to see what that weird noise was outside my window. (Hold on, I should check again.) We try…
Cereal: Examining The Quirky, Shaped Food That Shapes Us
CreativeLive has 12 different types of cereal to choose from. It’s a food that brings people together, stirs up conversations, inspires delight. Crafted in a laboratory and designed for optimal everything (did you know there’s even a Journal of Cereal Science?), this breakfast staple is…
Isaac Asimov: ‘Where Do People Get New Ideas?’
Where do good ideas come from? In his 2010 video on the subject, author Steven Johnson described the question as one that “all of us are intrinsically interested in.” Johnson has spent years probing the source of ideas — including why they strike at the…
Why You Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head: A Scientific Analysis
If you have ever found yourself humming or singing a song hours after you heard it, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re just like everyone else in the world. Between 98% and 99% of the population has experienced the phenomenon known as an ‘earworm’, and…
Pleasure Chemistry: How Our Brains Process Music
Why does music bring us pleasure? Well, the simple answer is that it changes our brain chemistry… literally. Music triggers the parts of our brain associated with reward, motivation, and emotion, which causes the feelings of pleasure that we get when we put our headphones…
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