Anna Abraham
The Creative Brain
Myths and Truths
MIT Press, 2024
What's inside?
Creativity researcher Anna Abraham explores and debunks popular myths concerning creativity.
Recommendation
Is the right brain hemisphere responsible for creativity? Are people with high IQs more creative? What’s the relationship between creativity and madness? In this engaging text, creativity researcher Anna Abraham explains the source of erroneous beliefs about creativity and why people embrace them so readily. By digging into the empirical evidence, Abraham brings to life the nuanced “kernel of truths” that hide within popular myths about creativity. Her exploration offers valuable guidance to readers looking to understand what may — or may not — affect their creative capacity.
Summary
About the Author
Anna Abraham is a psychology professor at the University of Georgia.
Comment on this summary