The Science of Creativity The 2025 Creativity Conference, episode 2: Cutting-Edge Research from Top Psychologists
Apr 15, 2025
Hansika Kapoor, a creativity researcher from India focusing on dark creativity, discusses how even good ideas can lead to harmful actions. Angie Miller, working with the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, highlights the impact of arts degrees on career paths, emphasizing the value of creative education. Taylor Worley shares intriguing findings on 'slow looking,' revealing how taking time to appreciate art enhances emotional connection and understanding. Together, they unveil groundbreaking research that reshapes our views on creativity and art.
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Nurturing Emerging Creativity Scholars
- The Creativity Conference focuses heavily on showcasing emerging researchers in aesthetics, arts, and creativity psychology.
- This event cultivates young talent and facilitates career advancement through networking across career stages.
Understanding Dark Creativity
- Dark creativity studies how people generate original ideas to achieve self-serving or harmful goals.
- Lying plays a strategic role in dark creativity, showing the creative process itself is morally neutral.
Living with Art Changes Perception
- Takeshi Okada shared a study where participants lived with artwork at home for a month.
- Participants' feelings about the art changed drastically over time, influenced by their daily context and environment.
