To Boost Creativity, Study Abroad
New research confirms that spending a semester studying overseas enhances one’s ability to find innovative solutions.
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Book Review: Practical Ways to Become More Creative
In Innovation Generation, Roberta Ness presents a blueprint for scientists and others who are striving to be more creative.
A Flash of Green Enhances Creativity
New research finds brief exposure to the color green appears to stimulate inventiveness.
Thinking Creatively: Just Add Milk
Shaking up everyday rituals — even the order of preparing a breakfast dish — may be a way to stimulate innovative thinking.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Morning People May Be More Creative in the Afternoon
New research finds problems that require a flash of illumination to solve are best approached during the time of day when you’re not at your peak.
How the Unconscious Mind Boosts Creative Output
New research finds we’re better able to identify genuinely creative ideas when they’ve emerged from the unconscious mind.
Portraits Can Get Your Pulse Pounding
New research recording physiological reactions of museum-goers suggests we respond to art with our bodies as well as our brains.
The Focused Arrogance of the Highly Creative
New research links creativity with lower levels of honesty and humility.
Sarcasm Boosts Creativity? Yeah, Right.
New research from Israel suggests exposure to sarcasm may enhance creative thinking.