The mystery of the creative mind

To come up with ideas that change the world – to create and innovate – is perhaps one of the most important capacities of the human brain.


But neuroscientists, despite 15 years of brain-imaging studies, are unable to define the circuitry involved in creative thinking.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/the-minds-of-creative-geniuses-like-steve-jobs-remain-a-scientific-mystery/article2193811/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-Entertainment+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+Arts+News%29

The neuro-science of success

Neuroscience and psychology have identified willpower, largely a co-production of genetics and early childhood training, as essential to success in school and beyond.
http://bigthink.com/ideas/39598

We can all be creative

John Eger suggests that we can all be creative. This is something that lots of us have know for a long time. Still I guess its nice to have it reinforced. Go here to read his article in the Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-m-eger/we-can-all-be-creative_b_830100.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Unlocking the origins of creativity

This from Anne McIlroy in the Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/neuroscientists-try-to-unlock-the-origins-of-creativity/article1887117/

Rewiring the Creative Mind

What neuroscience reveals about how to come up with new ideas.
Gregory Burns in Fast Company.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/129/rewiring-the-creative-mind.html