The Scientific Study of Creative Thinking: From the Brain to the Creative Behaviour

Prof Sergio Agnoli from the University of Trieste and the Marconi Institute for Creativity, will
deliver a lecture to students enrolled on the Master in Creativity and Innovation.
The aim of this lecture is to review some of the modern approaches to the study of creative
thinking. Starting from an analysis of the role of creativity for the human society. Prof Agnoli
will then explore the brain dynamics subsuming the generation of creative ideas empathizing
their psychological meanings. This analysis will provide a first overview of the main cognitive
functions associated with the creative thinking process and will open the possibility to
introduce the role of some basic motivational systems and of emotions in the prediction of
the originality of the ideas produced within a creative process. It will be a fast ride starting
from the neural substrates and arriving to the actualization of creative ideas.

  • Start: 20 April 2023
  • End: 20 April 2023
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  • Location: N/A , , Malta
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