What Neuroscience Tells Us About Creativity

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In my last article, A Higher Standard, I shared some thoughts on photographic plagiarism (“comp-stomping”) and among other conclusions, proposed that as artists we should focus on holding creativity to a higher standard, particularly with regard to composition.

But what is creativity? What mechanisms in our brains are responsible for creative thought? What happens when we find ourselves creatively stuck, and how can we break free? These are the questions that I will address in this article. My goal is to clarify the concept of creativity by consolidating perspectives from psychology and neuroscience, then apply these perspectives to some advice of my own on breaking out of creative ruts. At the end of this article, I’ve provided interested readers with plenty of links to further reading.

Neuroscience on N. Becker Photography

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Creativity