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Your Brain Is Messing With Your Head! Let’s talk about the brain…  Your brain.  Scientists and psychologists discovered long ago, generally speaking, analytical thinking is done on the left side of your brain while creativity is done on the right side of your brain.  Of course this is a gross generalization and in fact, when

A Doodle Story Create a squiggle on a piece of paper. Use a phrase from the list below (or create one of your own). Transform your squiggle into a doodle, that visually expresses the phrase in some way. It could be literal or just a response to the phrase. Happy as a clam I can’t

Where Does Creativity Hide Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex   Getting technical, it’s the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex that controls a person’s will to live, personality, and has been implicated in planning complex cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior. It is our filter or “gatekeeper”.  If a creative thought wants to surface and make

Here’s another exercise for your brain.  Simply count the number of “F”s there are in this sentence?

Try To Read This   Read this aloud… I cdnuolt bivelee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer ni waht oredr the Itteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and Isat

The Stroop Effect   In this challenge, you will need to create the chart below in your word processor.  Type the two columns of words that you see below.  Then, Change the text to the colors in the parentheses; e.g.: the YELLOW is printed in (Green), the BLACK is printed in (Yellow), etc.   YELLOW 

Innovation vs Creativity   in·no·va·tion /inəˈvāSH(ə)n/ noun the action or process of innovating. synonyms: change, alteration, revolution, upheaval, transformation, metamorphosis, breakthrough; a new method, idea, product, etc. plural noun: innovations “technological innovations designed to save energy” cre·a·tiv·i·ty /krēāˈtivədē/ noun the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.

Celebrate Your Internal Child Recently a group of 2nd graders was asked if they considered themselves “creative” 90% of the kids said yes, they felt they were creative.  A group of high school students was asked if they felt they were creative and only 5% considered themselves creative.  What happens to us?  How do we

Get another piece of paper and a pen.  Now, draw a picture of yourself as you would if you were in the 1st grade again.  Think about it before you start.  Draw the picture of yourself and write your name next to it.  Here’s the catch… USING YOUR LESS DOMINANT HAND! Important note:  If the

The British Psychological Society’s Research Digest Blog (how about that name…), reported on interesting research that shows that shifting your eyes horizontally back and forth for 30 seconds can boost creativity. Apparently, it helps with communication between both hemispheres.  Remember that from before, The Stroop Effect? Ready… Set…  Go!   Lon Safko Serial Innovator, Keynote