Welcome to the Human Potential Lab!

In this special series of the Psychology Podcast, I will be doing soul episodes answering

your burning questions about the mind, brain, human behavior and human potential.

Today I will be talking about creativity and how it differs from intelligence.

Creativity can come in many different forms.

It can be expressed through artistic compositions, through ingenious solutions to problems, or even

through the combination of seemingly paradoxical ideas.

Over the years there has been a large number of scientific studies which have sought to

measure creativity.

Not only that, but researchers have been able to identify what predicts divergent thinking,

and its association with certain personality traits.

Other fascinating areas of investigation include the link between mental illness and creativity

and the neuroscience behind the creative process.

Today we will touch on all these exciting areas.

So with that further ado, I bring you today's episode of the Human Potential Lab.

What is creativity?

Is it shooting rockets into space?

Is it challenging the teacher in the classroom?

Is it playing a beautiful cello concerto?

Is it this new hairdo that I got?

Is it all of these things or none of these things?

Today we are going to do a deep dive into this question.

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