GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything ...

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to ...

When a writer comes up with a striking metaphor, when an engineer solves a tricky problem by combining seemingly unrelated ...

How to keep your brain in good shape? It is a good idea to regularly engage in creative activities, such as dancing, painting, or even playing certain computer games. Such activities are associated ...

Researchers identify the rostral prefrontal cortex as the essential bridge between spontaneous and executive brain networks ...

Electrodes at multiple brain regions reveal brain activity in real time. Colored dots show the locations of all of the electrodes across all patients, color-coded by brain region. Red dots in the ...

A new leisure trend is blending adult coloring with puzzle-solving, combining mindfulness and creativity with cognitive challenge. Drawing on coloring’s calming, self-expressive qualities and puzzles’ ...

Our creative nature helps us process our experiences and adapt to them. It helps us move forward again when life feels heavy ...

If you got good grades in your creative writing class, it probably had more to do with how your brain works rather than how hard you studied. A research team at University of Utah Health and based in ...