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Horizon: 2012-2013: Episode 8: The Creative Brain: How Insight Works

The Creative Brain: How Insight Works

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Episode 8: The Creative Brain: How Insight Works

2012-2013

BBC Two - Horizon, 2012-2013, The Creative Brain: How Insight Works

A look at how scientists are trying to work out how moments of creativity come about.

Series exploring topical scientific issues. This edition looks at how scientists are using some unusual techniques to understand how moments of creativity come about.

It is a feeling we all know - the moment when a light goes on in your head. In a sudden flash of inspiration, a new idea is born.
 
Today, scientists are using some unusual techniques to try to work out how these moments of creativity - whether big, small or life-changing - come about. They have devised a series of puzzles and brainteasers to draw out our creative behaviour, while the very latest neuroimaging technology means researchers can actually peer inside our brains and witness the creative spark as it happens. What they are discovering could have the power to make every one of us more creative.

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