Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways
While listening to audiobooks with a captivating narrative, the inferior parietal lobe and visual cortex elicit individual meaning and flow of mental imagery.... Read More...
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How Listening to Music ‘Significantly Impairs’ Creativity
A new study contradicts the popular belief that listening to music can help boost creativity. Researchers found people who listened to background music showed a significant impairment in the ability to complete tasks that tested verbal creativity.... Read More...
What Makes Some People Creative Thinkers and Others Analytical
Researchers report the different cognitive styles of creative and analytical thinkers are a result of fundamental differences in neural activity that can be observed when people are not working on a problem.... Read More...
Does Microdosing Improve Mood and Performance?
A new study reports those who microdose psychedelics report improvements in attention and mental health. However, a number of people report an increase in neuroticism following six weeks of microdosing.... Read More...
Brainwaves Suppress Obvious Ideas to Help Us Think More Creatively
According to researchers, brainwaves play a crucial role in inhibiting habitual thinking, leading us to explore more complex and creative ideas.... Read More...
Microdoses of Psychedelics May Enhance Creative Problem Solving
A new study reports microdosing psychedelics may enhance creative problem solving without risk of hallucinations, or trips, associated with taking high doses of the substances.... Read More...
Thinking Outside the Box: ADHD Adults Not Constrained in Creativity
Adults with ADHD feel empowered performing creative tasks that can help them with a job, researchers report.... Read More...
Using Electrical Brain Stimulation to Foster Creativity
Researchers debate the growing use of tES to enhance creativity, concluding there is a potential value in brain stimulation. However, researchers say, the use of tES raises a number of neuroethical, legal and social issues that must be addressed.... Read More...
Life’s Purpose Rests in Brain’s Drive to Extract Meaning From the World
A new article questions what gives us purpose in life? Researchers speculate it is our drive to extract meaning from the world around us.... Read More...
Content of Service Members’ Art Linked to Their Trauma Levels
Researchers discover a correlation between clinical symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety in visual self expression masks service members were asked to create during art therapy.... Read More...
Poet Robert Burns May Have Suffered From Bipolar Disorder
Researchers examine the personal writings of Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, and conclude he may have suffered from bipolar disorder.... Read More...
‘Seeing’ Music or ‘Tasting’ Numbers? What We Can Learn From Those With Synesthesia
Researchers take a deeper look at synesthesia, revealing the condition could be linked to some autoimmune diseases. The paper also reports synesthetes have better memory and are more creative than those without the disorder.... Read More...