New research shows jazz improvisation relies on shifting brain networks as musicians move from memory to creative freedom.

Creative flow involves relaxing one’s focus or conscious control, new study finds. Sean Gladwell/Moment Collection via Getty Images But in order to achieve flow, a person must first develop a strong ...

A major international study reveals that creative activities—from dancing to gaming—may significantly slow brain aging and ...

Time to implode one of your sacred cows: Creative excellence is mostly driven by the left brain, not the right brain, according to new research. This flies in the face of all of our popular notions ...

The brains of creative people are wired differently than most, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Not only does the study reveal unique features of the ...

"Right brain good, left brain bad." That belief about creativity and the right and left hemispheres of the brain dates back to the Seventies, and reflects a very outdated bit of neuromythology. The ...

The spark of creativity, that seemingly mysterious capacity to generate novel and valuable ideas, has intrigued humanity for centuries. Once attributed primarily to divine inspiration or innate genius ...

Creativity feels like magic. One minute your mind is blank, and the next, you’ve come up with a comic strip, a story twist, a song verse, or a weird but wonderful art project. But scientists are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. What do you do when you’re stumped for a solution to a ...

WASHINGTON — Online learning is very challenging for kids. With the summer camps closed and the uncertainly of a timeline for schools to reopen, parents are looking for ways to keep their kids ...

Moran Cerf, 42, is a professor of neuroscience and business at Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University and the Alfred P. Sloan professor at the American Film Institute. Every week, he ...