Rex Jung — Creativity and the Everyday Brain

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On Being : Rex Jung — Creativity and the Everyday Brain Image

Rex Jung — Creativity and the Everyday Brain

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Few features of humanity are more fascinating than creativity; and few fields are more dynamic now than neuroscience. Rex Jung is a neuropsychologist who puts the two together. He’s working on a cutting edge of science, exploring the differences and interplay between intelligence and creativity. He and his colleagues unsettle long-held beliefs about who is creative and who is not. And they’re seeing practical, often common-sense connections between creativity and family life, aging, and purpose.