Cognitive Science 0151 - Your Creativity Profile

What techniques do people in your field use when trying to be creative? What techniques are used in science? In the various arts? How do you know any of these techniques are effective? Students will try out creativity techniques for individuals and groups that have come from inventors and artists as well as the fields of philosophy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and engineering. As students engage with these techniques, they will begin to formulate a sense of the psychological and neural dynamics involved in being stuck and creativity getting unstuck. They will also be exposed to the scientific evidence for each technique. Each student will develop their own personal toolkit of creativity techniques - their own creativity profile - that they can use and refine for the rest of their lives. This course is for people from all fields who want to improve their creativity and understand the underlying science.

Mind, Brain, and Information Independent Work Writing and Research Instructor: Anthony McCaffrey, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science