When you’re actively engaged in creative practice, what’s happening in your brain? We ask research scientist and writer Emily Willingham to talk about the science of creativity. Her clear communication about neurons and cognitive processes open up a new understanding of not only how the brain works but also the three key features of creativity, two kinds of thinking that go into creative process, plus the importance of flexibility, storytelling, openness and awe.
The Neuroscience is fascinating, although it seems really we haven't gotten beyond noticing that harmonic "waves" of neurons seem to move us to a convergence of frequency at the borderline of cacaphony when their electrical impulses all fire together. The mechanisms, beyond the regions of the brain involved, seem as mysterious as ever.
I've always defined creativity as involving three stages: Perception, Deconstruction and Reconstruction. Taking the world in, breaking what's perceived down, & putting Humpty Dumpty back together better than ever. What happens in our brains when involved in these three different actions? Before we rush off to Mars, maybe we ought to spend some energy figuring out how and why our brains do that.
Nice episode.
The Neuroscience is fascinating, although it seems really we haven't gotten beyond noticing that harmonic "waves" of neurons seem to move us to a convergence of frequency at the borderline of cacaphony when their electrical impulses all fire together. The mechanisms, beyond the regions of the brain involved, seem as mysterious as ever.
I've always defined creativity as involving three stages: Perception, Deconstruction and Reconstruction. Taking the world in, breaking what's perceived down, & putting Humpty Dumpty back together better than ever. What happens in our brains when involved in these three different actions? Before we rush off to Mars, maybe we ought to spend some energy figuring out how and why our brains do that.