I heard you wanted to get creative, so here is my *almost painfully*detailed breakdown of that process. If you’d like my resume when it comes to creative thinking, Google my name.

(Before appearing too self-righteous to prospective listeners, we will be discussing the fundamental use of first person and first person possessive pronouns when it comes to creativity.)

This is part one to my new mini-series on how to be more creative where we’re exploring the fields of neuroscience, linguistics, metalinguistics, musculature, childhood development and much more! It’s time to brace yourself because the communal Schauer this week is loosening some pretty big knots.

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk

A neurocomputational model of creative process

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452

The Seven Functional Movement Patterns + Video Demonstrations

https://www.opexfit.com/blog/seven-functional-movement-patterns

Advertising: how it influences children and teenagers

https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/play-learning/screen-time-media/advertising-children#:~:text=At%207%2D11%20years%2C%20children,overstate%20how%20good%20products%20are.

Describing Skeletal Muscles: A Review of Muscle Attachments and Actions

https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/muscular/muscle-movements#:~:text=3.,muscles%20play%20in%20each%20movement.&text=The%20prime%20mover%2C%20sometimes%20called,are%20keeping%20your%20posture%20sturdy

Behavioral energetics in human locomotion: how energy use influences how we move

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993254/

“I” versus “the author”: The power of first-person voice when writing about science

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11145200/#:~:text=Writing%20in%20the%20first%20person,that's%20something%20most%20scientists%20want.

Using “I”: The First Person in Academic Writing

https://www.brandeis.edu/writing-program/resources/faculty/handouts/first-person.html

Please everyone read this to understand how to apply “I” statements in academic writing OR AT LEAST when studying and trying to retain the information - there is clearly a benefit to using 3rd person, but using first person *strategically and with nuanced understanding* will make knowledge more relative and rewarding to self, as well as make concepts easier to apply.

Why Metalinguistic Awareness Matters

https://www.gemmlearning.com/blog/learning-issues/why-are-metalinguistic-skills-important/#:~:text=Metalinguistic%20awareness%20is%20the%20ability%20to:%20*,your%20understanding%20as%20you%20listen%20and%20read

Epithelium

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22062-epithelium

Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

https://www.verywellmind.com/kohlbergs-theory-of-moral-development-2795071

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