creativity
Unlock the full potential of your creativity with holistic detachment. This is the way of the editor.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
By developing skills like divergent thinking and collaboration in the workforce, creativity training has the potential to unlock revolutionary ideas.
Creative people are better able to engage brain systems that don’t typically work together.
How do we deal with information overload and unlock creativity? Build a second brain.
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People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
You want your baby's name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
From health to leadership abilities, a good sense of humor can help improve many aspects of life.
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?
When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.
Who should be compensated?
Because there's not enough Walden pond to go around.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
Elastic thinking can reveal the assumptions that hamstring our ability to solve seemingly intractable problems.
Can stories help us become more creative?
To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
A professor of educational psychology explains what and what not to do.
Undiagnosed brain disease or divine inspiration? The origins of the French composer’s most provocative composition remain up for debate.
Historical geniuses used the "creative nap" to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the "hypnagogic state" can help with problem solving.
When we satisfy our curiosity, the brain has a particular way of rewarding us.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.