There are many misconceptions of
which parts of your brain governs
creative thought, but no one area of
your brain is responsible for creativity.
Rather, many interacting processes by
large-scale brain networks work
together to give birth to a great idea.
These brain networks do three things:
they bend what we see, break what we
expect and finally, they blend things
with other things.
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Researchers have found that personality
traits such as risk taking and openness
to experience contribute to creativity as
an individual ability. But creativity can
also likely be trained, honed, or taught.
In separate studies, professional
dancers, artists, and musicians were all
compared against novices in their fields.
During active or mental improvisational
sessions where participants were asked
to compose a 5-note tune, mentally
compose a drawing, or mentally perform
a dance, those who were professionally
creative actually thought about the task
differently, engaging different areas of
their brains than the novices.
In 'The Genetics of Creativity', Barbot
Tan and Grigorenko wrote, “it is
important to see creativity not only as
an individual ability but also as a cultural
and time-specific phenomenon that is
biologically grounded and has a social
purpose”. They suggest that the cultural
factors like the reception of creative
works, influences our biological factors,
like how willing we are to take risks, and
the two have a dynamic relationship.
Still, while some people may have small
biological advantages to be more
creative, anyone can be creative. You
just need to nurture your creativity as
your restless brain is full of great ideas
just waiting to be realised.