Pondering Imagination and Creativity with Anna Abraham

What was; what is; what if, what might be? Imagination pervades our daily lives as we think about the past and envision the future.  Importantly, we use our imagination to create new and meaningful things – works of art to books, buildings, automobiles, computers, scientific discoveries, etc. Creativity can be fostered in children and enhanced throughout life. Here I talk with Anna Abraham whose research is elucidating the neurobiology of imagination and creativity. She is currently a professor of educational psychology, and director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development at the University of Georgia.

 

Links

 

Book: The Neuroscience of Creativity:

https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Creativity-Cambridge-Fundamentals-Psychology/dp/1316629619

 

Review article: The Imaginative Mind:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6867574/pdf/HBM-37-4197.pdf

 

Torrance Center webpage:

https://coe.uga.edu/directory/torrance-center