The scientific study of creative thinking: From the brain to the creative behavior

This guest lecture will be delivered by Prof. Sergio Agnoli

Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita,
Università di Trieste

Dynamics of Creativity (DoC)
Lab
Marconi Institute for Creativity

Can we really study creativity with a scientific method? The aim of this lecture is to answer to this question, reviewing some of the modern approaches to the study of creative thinking. Starting from an analysis of the role of creativity for the human society, we 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 therefore 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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