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The Inspiration Paradox: Your Best Creative Time Is Not When You Think

By Cindy May — 2012

Innovation and creativity are greatest when we are not at our best, at least with respect to our circadian rhythms.

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Aesthetically Appealing Art Increases Creative Inspiration

Viewing art you find aesthetically pleasing can help boost your personal creativity, researchers report. (Source: Max Planck Institute)

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Neuroscience News
2021
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18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently

it's not just a stereotype of the "tortured artist" -- artists really may be more complicated people. Research has suggested that creativity involves the coming together of a multitude of traits, behaviors and social influences in a single person.

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Carolyn Gregoire
2014
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Creative People’s Brains Really Do Work Differently

Creative people are able to juggle seemingly contradictory modes of thought—cognitive and emotional, deliberate and spontaneous.

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Carolyn Gregoire
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How Googlers Avoid Burnout (and Secretly Boost Creativity)

You have to “turn it off” to “turn it on” when it matters most.

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Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness
2017
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10 Unconventional Ways to Find Your Optimal Level of Focus

Want to gain access to deeper, more creative thinking and keep your ideas organized at the same time? It’s not impossible.

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Edward Hallowell
2015
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Secrets of the Creative Brain

A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.

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Nancy C. Andreasen
2014
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How Our Brains Can Find Peace in a Crisis

Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.

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Jill Suttie
2020
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The Science of Taming the Wandering Mind

Wherever attention goes the rest of the brain follows—in some sense, attention is your brain’s boss. But is it a good boss and can we train it?

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Amishi Jha
2017
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The Four Keys to Well-Being

Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.

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Richard Davidson
2016
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Creative Well-Being