This issue of Time offers great research and reference to send to colleagues and clients on the need to incorporate creativity into their work environment and working styles. Great pieces on the dangers of multi-tasking, preventing Alzheimer's, the use of Ritalin for treating ADHA, and more on the secrets of the creative mind.
The Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind
Innovation requires no special thought processes, says an expert. Creative people just work harder at it.
What is creativity? Where does it come from?
The workings of the creative mind have been subjected to intense scrutiny over the past 25 years by an army of researchers in psychology, sociology, anthropology and neuroscience.
But no one has a better overview of this mysterious mental process than Washington University psychologist R. Keith Sawyer, author of the new book Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation
(Oxford; 336 pages). He's working on a version for the lay reader, due out in 2007 from Basic Books. In an interview with Francine Russo, Sawyer shares some of his findings and suggests ways in which we can enhance our creativity not just in art, science or business but in everyday life.
Posted on Time.com | Sunday, Jan. 08, 2006
How to Tune Up Your Brain
By CLAUDIA WALLIS
Also in this issue:
- Help! I've Lost My Focus
- Can You Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?
- 5 Guilt-Filled Days on the Big R, for Ritalin
- The Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind
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