The brain does not have one creative center. The frontal cortex, hippocampus, basal ganglia, and white matter are all involved in functions that contribute to creative thinking. Despite our best ...

Got a problem? Science says you should sleep on it.

Dr. Meghna Dassani is a dentist, healthy sleep ninja and president of Dassani Dentistry. Connect with her at www.MeghnaDassani.com. When it comes to nurturing creativity, you can’t overstate the value ...

Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

The findings, published in Personality and Individual Differences, show that people with strong ADHD symptoms, such as inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that can impair some aspects of daily ...

For many years, the idea that “sleeping on it” would provide an individual with some time in which their subconscious mind would work through a problem or problems has generally been accepted as ...

Counterproductive behaviors often start as small adaptations to pressure. High-pressure environments can shift creativity from innovation to self-protection. Leadership signals shape how creativity is ...

A 2020 report in Science Daily summarized the preceding research, noting that “caffeine increases the ability to focus and problem solve, but it doesn’t stimulate creativity. In addition to the ...