From the AFTAU press release: Playing make-believe is more than a childhood pastime. According to psychologists, it’s also crucial to building creativity, giving a child the ability to consider alternative… Read more »
From the University of Illinois press release: The sound of silence isn’t so golden for consumers, and both marketers and advertisers should take note, says new research from a University… Read more »
From the University of Kansas press release: There’s new evidence that our minds thrive away from it all. Research conducted at the University of Kansas concludes that people from all… Read more »
From the Leiden University press release via AlphaGalileo: Certain meditation techniques can promote creative thinking. This is the outcome of a study by cognitive psychologist Lorenza Colzato and her fellow… Read more »
From the PLoS press release via MedicalXPress: A hallmark of human intelligence is the ability to efficiently adapt to uncertain, changing and open-ended environments. In such environments, efficient adaptive behavior… Read more »
From the Lancaster University press release via AlphaGalileo: Parents who feel guilty about letting their young children watch too many fantasy movies on TV can relax. Researchers from Lancaster University… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Stuck solving a problem? Seek the obscure, says Tony McCaffrey, a psychology PhD from the University of Massachusetts. “There’s a classic obstacle… Read more »
From the University of Southern California press release: It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. USC researchers are working to pin down the exact source… Read more »
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: Some Parkinson’s Disease patients can suddenly become creative when they take dopamine therapy, producing pictures, sculptures, novels and poetry. But their new-found interests… Read more »
From the University of Massachussetts Amherst press release: There will always be a wild and unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the… Read more »
