Creativity

Researchers conducted a series of experiments involving verbal insight problems to study creative thinking.

People are building the devices at home.

Imaging reveals a key feature in the brains of creative people.

Cases of "sudden savant syndrome" include a surgeon struck by lightning who then became an accomplished pianist.

Experiments show people who are more "open" are more creative, and these people have different visual experiences, experiments show.

The psychedelic drug has long had reputed benefits—but evidence remains anecdotal.

Synesthesia affects people's senses and how they perceive numbers, sounds, colors and more.

No need to ban the TV and touchscreens just yet...

If the copyright protection of present times had been around since the era of the first copyright statutes, much of the music we now love would not exist.

Meeting face to face beats long distance telephone and video conferencing every time.

A Rutgers computer scientist's algorithm can identify paintings art historians consider masterpieces.

Researchers at Stanford are trying to see what parts of the brain underlie creativity.