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Van Gogh and Ramón y Cajal, like you’ve never seen them before, in the annual Art of Neuroscience Competition

Van Gogh and Ramón y Cajal, like you’ve never seen them before, in the annual Art of Neuroscience Competition

Turning off the camera when trying to hash out new ideas might help

Waking yourself from the twilight state just before sleep may help you to solve a challenging problem, a study shows

Despite stereotypes that suggest self-reliant values lead to the most innovations, group-centered societies have just as much creativity

The painter described falling into the briefest of slumbers to refresh his mind. Now scientists have shown the method is effective at inducing creativity.

A performance with living and mechanical partners can teach researchers how to design more relatable bots

Machine-learning algorithms can guide humans toward new experiments and theories

Seven steps for more inclusive and productive virtual brainstorming

Our educational system is designed to generate productive workers, not creative thinkers and doers
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