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SUMMARY:Neuroscience & Creativity: Insights from Unnatural Bedfellows - Pr
 ofessor Anna Abraham\, School of Social Sciences\, Leeds Beckett Universit
 y\, UK
DTSTART:20190524T153000Z
DTEND:20190524T163000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:For psychologists and neuroscientists of creativity\, the firs
 t step towards uncovering the neurocognitive basis of this incredible abil
 ity is to settle on which empirical approach to adopt. The choices are vas
 t. The dominant approach views creativity as a unitary and domain-general 
 construct. Alternative approaches vary in their focus. Some take on a mult
 idimensional view of creativity in evaluating diverse creative mental oper
 ations. This talk explores how the chosen path of investigation necessaril
 y impacts wider conceptualizations of the creative brain and why we need t
 o be cognizant of the same. Also discussed are the unique challenges of ad
 opting the neuroscientific perspective in examining creativity as well as 
 the unusual insights this union affords. \n\nBio:\nAnna Abraham is a Profe
 ssor of Psychology in Leeds Beckett University. She investigates the neuro
 cognitive basis of creativity and other aspects of the human imagination i
 ncluding the reality-fiction distinction\, mental time travel\, self-refer
 ential thinking and mental state reasoning. Her educational background is 
 in the disciplines of psychology and neuroscience\, and she has studied an
 d worked in several academic institutions across the world. She is the aut
 hor of the 2018 book\, The Neuroscience of Creativity\, with Cambridge Uni
 versity Press. \nFor more information\, please visit her website: http://w
 ww.anna-abraham.com/ \n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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