The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity
@tsfnc
The world's leading professional society of neuroscientists, psychologists, and practitioners of creativity, advancing the science of creativity together.
We are so thrilled that our 10th annual meeting of SfNC will be taking place in Paris! Our theme, "Creativity and Changing Brains", is an exploration of how creativity influences and is shaped by changes in the brain. Abstracts are open until Jan 17th: tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-creat…

Excited to see our work highlighted in today's New York Times article exploring the potential benefits of intentional mind wandering in creative thinking! nytimes.com/interactive/20…
FINAL REMINDER! The deadline to submit abstracts to SfNC2025: Creativity and Changing Brains *and* nominations for the 2025 SfNC Awards is TODAY, February 1, at midnight (local time)! Submit here! tsfnc.org/sfnc2025-creat…

Is creativity connected to mental illness, psychedelic drugs, or autism? Listen to my interview with DR. ANNA ABRAHAM, a neuroscientist and leading creativity researcher! Learn about imagination, the reality-fiction distinction, and mental time travel on THE SCIENCE OF CREATIVITY…
New research in collaboration with @LucasBellaiche now published in the Creativity Research Journal -- Do Individual Differences in Creativity Predict AI-Assisted Art Quality? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
🧩 @emmavolle & the CreaTeam at the @frontlabparis / @ParisBrainInst are collecting data with a "Jeu de la Créativité" based on the Alternate Uses Task (AUT): discover the game by clicking the link below and spread the word! 🔗 creativity.humansmatter.co/home/welcome
Join us TOMORROW (!!!) for a star-studded day chatting about all things creativity. Be sure to register for our Fall Creativity Symposium here (and bring your pumpkin spice latte 🧠🍁🎃🎨): tsfnc.org/2025-fall-crea…

New paper now published online: doi.org/10.1177/095935… #creativity #definition
Only 3 days left for next week's 2024 Fall Creativity Symposium! If you haven't already, register for each of the 3 sessions here to receive the zoom links!: tsfnc.org/2025-fall-crea…

Nov 6 - not one but TWO ChatLab scientists will be presenting virtually 🥳
Save the date- Nov 6, @APADivision10 and @tsfnc are hosting an online, open, Fall Creativity Symposium, including sessions on measuring the impact of creative arts on health; careers in creativity research & humor & creativity. Info here: tsfnc.org/2025-fall-crea…
The Strange Rise of Daydreaming nautil.us/the-strange-ri…
Weekend read (and some interesting debate on X!): 'Try Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art newyorker.com/culture/the-we…
Part II of my podcast with Right Brain Records just came out! rightbrainrecords.com/blog/2024/8/5/… We discuss flow states during improv, creativity through divergent aesthetic tastes, the philosophy of improvisation, and the challenges of self-growth and maintaining a disciplined practice.