You’re More Creative Than You Think

In a recent experiment at the University of Sydney in Australia, neuroscientists gave 128 volunteers a puzzle to solve that can only be conquered with creativity. The subjects were asked to connect nine dots, arranged in three rows of three, using just four straight lines and without lifting their pens. This is a classic creativity test, since solving it literally requires a person to think outside the box. (Fun fact: this test is the origin of the phrase “think outside the box.”) The only way t...