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creativity and your brain

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What this book knows

Creativity is a learnable brain process—understanding its neuroscience unlocks how anyone can cultivate and sustain it.

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mind-and-cognition

Romanticizing creativity not only shuts out traditionally marginalized groups but also ignores the growing body of evidence collected by psychologists and neuroscientists.
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Because we don't have conscious access to most of what our minds do, it can feel as though the creative spark comes from nowhere.
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Increased levels of dopamine in the reward system are associated with feeling good, thinking flexibly, persisting, and continuing to explore.
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Intrinsic motivation describes the internal drive to seek out novelty, to explore, to learn—we do things simply because doing them is rewarding in itself.
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self-and-identity

Consistently move out of your comfort zone. Practice should be uncomfortable and hard—work at the things you can't yet do, not those you can.
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Experiencing rejection, ridicule, and self-doubt can be stressful and depressing; persisting in the face of these challenges can cause psychic pain.
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