The Creative Mind

Featured Article: What Happens in the Mind When We See, Feel, and Create

What happens when emotion meets imagination…
The Creative Mind

Are We all Characters in a Story?

We create stories out of independent (or random/unconnected) events because of an evolutionary habit called the narrative fallacy—our brain’s hardwired urge to find patterns, cause-and-effect,…
Self-Improvement

10 ways to Overcome Creative block

A fresh canvas, a clean sheet of paper or a length of cloth you’ve been saving for the right project – weirdly, they all make…
The Creative Mind

What happens in the brain when we experience art

Artists, philosophers, and children have always known the power of the arts. It’s innate and intuitive, yet we’ve marginalized the way we’ve thought about the…
The Creative Mind

Unlocking the Mysteries of The Artistic Mind

It might seem bizarre that science is using art to learn about the mind- looking for hard facts in the most ethereal of places. But…
The Creative Mind

Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest

A scholarly study. Creativity is a common aspiration for individuals, organizations, and societies. Here, however, we test whether creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a…