Image, Action, and the Creative Brain
Author : Thomas Ray Angland
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Acting
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Ray Angland
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Acting
ISBN :
Author : Oshin Vartanian
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0262314703
Experts describe current perspectives and experimental approaches to understanding the neural bases of creativity. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the latest neuroscientific approaches to the scientific study of creativity. In chapters that progress logically from neurobiological fundamentals to systems neuroscience and neuroimaging, leading scholars describe the latest theoretical, genetic, structural, clinical, functional, and applied research on the neural bases of creativity. The treatment is both broad and in depth, offering a range of neuroscientific perspectives with detailed coverage by experts in each area. The contributors discuss such issues as the heritability of creativity; creativity in patients with brain damage, neurodegenerative conditions, and mental illness; clinical interventions and the relationship between psychopathology and creativity; neuroimaging studies of intelligence and creativity; the neuroscientific basis of creativity-enhancing methodologies; and the information-processing challenges of viewing visual art. Contributors Baptiste Barbot, Mathias Benedek, David Q. Beversdorf, Aaron P. Blaisdell, Margaret A. Boden, Dorret I. Boomsma, Adam S. Bristol, Shelley Carson, Marleen H. M. de Moor, Andreas Fink, Liane Gabora, Dennis Garlick, Elena L. Grigorenko, Richard J. Haier, Rex E. Jung, James C. Kaufman, Helmut Leder, Kenneth J. Leising, Bruce L. Miller, Apara Ranjan, Mark P. Roeling, W. David Stahlman, Mei Tan, Pablo P. L. Tinio, Oshin Vartanian, Indre V. Viskontas, Dahlia W. Zaidel
Author : Scott Barry Kaufman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0399175660
Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post, Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology, along with engaging examples of artists and innovators throughout history, the book shines a light on the practices and habits of mind that promote creative thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire untangle a series of paradoxes— like mindfulness and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, and solitude and collaboration – to show that it is by embracing our own contradictions that we are able to tap into our deepest creativity. Each chapter explores one of the ten attributes and habits of highly creative people: Imaginative Play * Passion * Daydreaming * Solitude * Intuition * Openness to Experience * Mindfulness * Sensitivity * Turning Adversity into Advantage * Thinking Differently With insights from the work and lives of Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Proust, David Foster Wallace, Thomas Edison, Josephine Baker, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, musician Thom Yorke, chess champion Josh Waitzkin, video-game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and many other creative luminaries, Wired to Create helps us better understand creativity – and shows us how to enrich this essential aspect of our lives.
Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0486119246
The Nobel Laureate discusses not only how and why he became a philosopher but also his conception of philosophy as a field distinct from science and literature.
Author : Ernest Holmes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0486148963
A simple, direct manual for understanding the nature of the universe and the creative power of the mind, this classic explains how "right thinking" can help achieve independence and prosperity.
Author : Anna Abraham
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 026237854X
A nuanced, science-based understanding of the creative mind that dispels the pervasive myths we hold about the human brain—but also uncovers the truth at their cores. What is the relationship between creativity and madness? Creativity and intelligence? Do psychedelics truly enhance creativity? How should we understand the left and right hemispheres of the brain? Is the left brain, in fact, the seat of reasoning and the right brain the seat of creativity? These are just some of the questions Anna Abraham, a renowned expert of human creativity and the imagination, explores in The Creative Brain, a fascinating deep dive into the origins of the seven most common beliefs about the human brain. Rather than endorse or debunk these myths, Abraham traces them back to their origins to explain just how they started and why they spread—and what at their core is the truth. Drawing on theoretical and empirical work in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, Abraham offers an examination of human creativity that reveals the true complexity underlying our conventional beliefs about the brain. The chapters in the book explore the myth of the right brain as the hemisphere responsible for creativity; the relationship between madness and creativity, psychedelics and creativity, atypical brains and creativity, and intelligence and creativity; the various functions of dopamine; and lastly, the default mode revolution, which theorized that the brain regions most likely to be involved in the creative process are those areas of the brain that are most active during rest or mind-wandering. An accessible and engaging read, The Creative Brain gets to the heart of how our creative minds work and why some people are more creative than others, offering illuminating insights into what on its surface seems to be an endlessly magical phenomenon.
Author : Nancy C. Andreasen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0452287812
Shakespeare’s tragic plays, Mozart’s sublime symphonies, Einstein’s revolutionary theories—how did these geniuses create such magnificent and highly original works? Were their brains different from those of ordinary people? Using modern neuroscience together with first-person accounts of creative breakthroughs from artists and scientists such as Mozart, Henri Poincaré, and Neil Simon, The Creative Brain illuminates where extraordinary creativity comes from. Acclaimed brain scientist Nancy Andreasen proposes that, due to enriched connections between certain areas of the brain, geniuses are able to tap into the unconscious mind in ways that most of us can’t. She also explores the link between creativity and mental illness, and she shows how all of us can enhance our creative potential through mental exercises. Clearly and accessibly written, The Creative Brain is a fascinating investigation into the mystery of human genius.
Author : Fenwicke L. Holmes
Publisher : David De Angelis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
Fenwicke Lindsay Holmes discusses how we can better attune our minds to the forces of the cosmic unconsciousness, with a view to improving our lives and spiritual health. The core thesis of Holmes' work is that the universe is brimming with cosmic energy. Such energy goes unnoticed by most of humanity, and so remains untapped. By utilizing the mind to its fullest, using the law of mind established by New Thought practitioners such as Holmes, the apt student can unleash a wellspring of intellectual and spiritual ability into their lives, planting seeds that will sprout in accordance with the universal law of Cause and Effect. Holmes focuses both on reality and our universe, and the inner power that rests within every human soul. Appropriating our emotions and will to the point of being able to harness the vast repository of cosmic consciousness is a lengthy endeavor: taking stock of the infinite force of God is a help, knowing that His love and omniscience throughout all of existence is there to observe and assist our efforts. According to the author, honing one's spirit and consciousness can imbue a certain healing energy. The second part of this book looks at how a person in step with the cosmic forces can use his or her affinity with what is real to heal others. Offering comfort and heart advice may strengthen a patient, that he or she is able to confront mental and physical challenges in life.
Author : Don Hahn
Publisher : Disney Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781423140368
Whether you're writing a novel, painting with watercolors, composing a symphony, or baking peanut butter cookies, creativity plays a crucial role in achieving satisfaction and excellence. But, for many of us, accessing our creative core is difficult, if not impossible. /DIV Now, acclaimed film producer Don Hahn offers his own unorthodox, yet highly effective methods for reawakening the creative spirit. Blending personal and often hilarious anecdotes with presciptive advice for rediscovering your creative self, Hahn explores the emotions that accompany creativity and discusses the important of constructing a creative environment. Hahn describes the creative process in stages and lists the forces that drive creativity: balance, chaos, persistence, truth--plus chocolate and coffee. Best of all, he demonstrates how his theories can be put into practice, using his own highly successful career as an example. DIVFilled with humor and empathy, along with some good old-fashioned practical advice, Brain Storm takes readers on an exciting journey to creative greatness.
Author : Margaret A. Boden
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 9780415314527
This second edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the author.