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"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

-Albert Einstein

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Neuroscience
Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity
Close your eyes and visualize the sun setting over a beach.

How detailed was your image? Did you envision a bland orb sinking below calm
waters, or did you call up an image filled with activity -- palm trees
swaying gently, waves lapping at your feet, perhaps a loved one holding your
hand?

Now imagine you're standing on the surface of Pluto. What would a sunset
look like from there? Notice how hard you had to work to imagine this scene.
Did you picture a featureless ball of ice with the sun a speck of light
barely brighter than a star along the horizon? Did you envision frozen lakes
of exotic chemicals or icy fjords glimmering in the starlight?

What you conjured illuminates how our brains work, why it can be so hard to
come up with new ideas -- and how you can rewire your mind to open up the
holy grail of creativity.

Read the complete article to discover how recent advances in neuroscience,
driven by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that lets scientists
watch brain activity as never before, have changed what we know about key
attributes of creativity
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Right Brain vs Left Brain creativity test
Being creative or artistic doesn't mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world. Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career.

All the best,

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