How to Be More Creative

This episode features:


-Do you need 10,000 hours of practice to be an expert?


-What is the connection between creativity and mental illness


-Can drugs make you more creative?


-Can electrically stimulating your brain make you more creative?


-Are smarter people more creative?


-How do psychologists measure creativity


-Which personality trait predicts creativity


-Techniques for enhancing creativity


 


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-References-


Apply Psychology:


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DeYoung, C. G., Flanders, J. L., & Peterson, J. B. (2008).
Cognitive abilities involved in insight problem solving: An
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278-290.


Kaufman, S. B., & Gregoire, C. (2016). Wired to create:
Unraveling the mysteries of the creative mind. Penguin.


Simonton, D. K. (1988). Scientific genius: A psychology of
science. Cambridge University Press.


Stanley, K. O., & Lehman, J. (2015). Why greatness cannot be
planned: The myth of the objective. Springer.


Nine dot problem


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Plomin, R. (2018). Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are. MIT
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