“It’s not something where you have it or you don’t,” Beaty wrote. The good news for people who feel they are not naturally creative is that its’ not clear that learning to synch up our networks can’t be done. “It’s the synchrony between these systems that seems to be important for creativity,” Beaty said. The executive control network which plays key roles in creative thought.The salience network which detects important information.The default mode network involved in memory and mental simulation.While the data showed that regions across the brain were involved in creative thought, Beaty said the evidence pointed to three subnetworks:

“People who think more flexibly and come up with more creative ideas are better able to engage these networks that don’t typically work together and bring these systems online,” Beaty said in a statement. The researchers wanted to know whether the brains of people who are consistently more creative would show different activation patterns than other brains. In recent research about creative brains, Roger Beaty, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychology and the first author of the study said, “People who are more creative can simultaneously engage brain networks that don’t typically work together.” Geniuses know “how” to think, instead of “what” to think Recognising the common thinking pattern of creative geniuses and applying their principles, rituals, and processes to your own work will improve how you think and work. The right ones can change how you live and work. Whether you get fascinated by Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” or Pablo Picasso’s “Young Ladies of Avignon,” you’ll probably agree that they are all incredible pieces of art by some of the greatest minds of our time. What is common to the thinking style that produced “Mona Lisa,” and the one that came up with the theory of relativity? It’s about producing something novel or original, figuring things out, solving problems, whether on paper, on stage, in a laboratory or even in the shower. We reclaim our esteem, our muse, and our hope when we create.”Ĭreativity is complex and comes in all colours, shapes and sizes. We reinvent our lives, tell new stories, and rebuild communities when we create. We release our ‘stuckness’ when we create.

In Body of Work: Finding the Thread that Ties Your Career Together, Pamela Slim writes, “We are made to create. Our capacity to learn, adapt and transform our environment is incredible. Our capacity to generate creative ideas is central to technological and cultural progress.Īs humans, our primal instinct is to seek, find, improve or create.

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