Forget the SATs or Common Core. A psychologist created a different kind of standardized test to evaluate students: it measures your creativity.
When we’re resting, a very important part of our brain gets to work.
Journalist Susie Neilson explores our love-hate relationship with city noise.
Musicians are famous for their wild and often intoxicated lifestyles, but does a lack of inhibition in the brain actually make you a better musician?
Forget the SATs or Common Core. A psychologist created a different kind of standardized test to evaluate students: it measures your creativity.
Children with imaginary friends can be more empathetic and social, but does that mean they’re more creative than other kids?
What creative project do you want to start — and finish — in the New Year?
When Julia Pilowsky read “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman, she was so struck by the idea of animal daemons she decided to get one herself.
Elizabeth Gilbert shares advice for being creative from her new book, “Big Magic.” Turns out it might be something you know already.
In our last installment of How Our Devices Are Warping Our Brains, we looked at the relationship between device use and sleep. Now, we examine the relationship between phone dependence and creativity. Put your phone away and let your mind do whatever it feels like doing for a while. You could be surprised by the result.
Lena Dunham doesn't hold much back when it comes to mining her life — warts and all — for material. "From an early age, I found the concept of secrecy really destructive," she says. In her new book, that includes her struggles with OCD and criticism of her hit show, Girls.