Questions tagged [creativity]
Questions about the psychology and neuroscience of creativity.
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How is it that taking a break from a problem sometimes allows you to figure out the answer?
As a computer programmer, I have noticed an interesting phenomenon: If I am stuck on a particular problem in my work, often if I stop thinking about the problem and do something else, the answer will ...
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How do cognitive scientists measure creativity?
Einstein said once something like creativity is more important than intelligence. Intelligence as it is measured is really one's speed and efficiency at processing information. How one processes the ...
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Do highly creative people dream more and/or differently than ordinary people?
Everybody dreams, and I'm trying to understand if there is a cause and effect relationship between ability to dream and recall dreams and creativity as an adult.
I would define the kind of ...
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How does cognitive science explain the origins of intuition and intelligence, that accurately describes the laws of nature?
What is the origin of non-incremental, revolutionary intuition and intelligence?
For example, a human mind like Albert Einstein's can "come up" with revolutionary ideas and theories that correctly ...
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