Facilitating Insight

Our experiences can blind us. Once we have learned to solve problems by one method, we often have difficulties in generating solutions involving a different kind of insight. Yet there is evidence that people with brain lesions are sometimes more resistant to this so-called mental set effect. This inspired us to investigate whether the mental set effect can be reduced by non-invasive brain stimulation.

More from Allan Snyder and Richard Chi here:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016655

On creativty, marijuana, and a ' Butterfly Effect in Thought'.

Jason Silva in the Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-silva/on-creativity-marijuana-a_b_900701.html

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive." [...] "...by some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating."- Pearl Buck, Winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938.

Laughter leads to insight.

Stumped by a crossword puzzle? Try taking a break to watch a funny TV show. Recent research shows that people in a lighthearted mood more often have eureka moments of sudden inspiration.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=laughter-leads-to-insight&WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_Twitter

12 sparks for heads-up creativity

Do you find your creativity at a lull and needing a jolt at times? For extra spark, gain insights from leaders and designers to jump-start your creativity.
http://blogs.forbes.com/mindmakeover/2011/03/18/12-sparks-for-heads-up-creativity/