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Creativity and IQ, Part I: What Is Divergent Thinking? How Is It Helped by...

Creativity and IQ, Part I: What Is Divergent Thinking? How Is It Helped by... | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

The first of a two part series, this post explores "the creative prociess and how your IQ level is critical in this process." Sections include "left brain vs right brain and creativity...convergent thinking and divergent thinking...free association theory of creativity...left brain right brain re-visited: convergent and divergent...what is creative inspriation? Unfocused and unconscious...sleep and creativity...humor and creativity..." and more.

The second post will look at "IQ level and working memory capacity."

Miranda Harper's curator insight, September 29, 2014 12:20 PM

Discussion: How can educator's foster divergent thinking in the classroom? What strategies and activities can be used to activate the right brain? 

Gary N Cypress Jr's curator insight, October 7, 2015 8:46 PM

Creativity goes as deep as the study of the brain. Creativity is not taught just enhanced

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'How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination : NPR

In his new book, Imagine, Jonah Lehrer explores the art and science of original thinking — from Shakespearean tragedies to the invention of masking tape to Nike's "Just Do It" campaign.  And when you get stuck?
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How to Be Creative: The Science of Genius

How to Be Creative: The Science of Genius | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"...new research is beginning to shed light on the science behind creativity and imagination. As it turns out, anyone can be creative.

“Creativity shouldn’t be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn’t be thought of as a process reserved for artists and inventors and other ‘creative types.’ The human mind, after all, has the creative impulse built into its operating system, hard-wired into its most essential programming code,” writes Jonah Lehrer in his new book Imagine."

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