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Rex Jung — Creativity and the Everyday Brain

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Interplay Between Intelligence and Creativity

In his undergraduate degree he worked in the business world and became disenchanted or bored. He then started volunteering for Special Olympics with friends of mine coaching basketball and volleyball and track. Over time he quit his job and and started working in a sheltered workshop for adults with mental retardation so that really started moving him in the direction of looking at brains front and center.

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