The death of 'right brain thinking'

A new study published in Psychological Bulletin has just reviewed all the neuroscience research on creative thinking and found no good evidence for the pop-culture idea that the right side of the brain is more involved in 'creative thinking'.

Sadly, the full text isn't available online, but the abstract of the study contains all the punchlines:


A review of EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies of creativity and insight.

Psychol Bull. 2010 Sep;136(5):822-48.

Dietrich A, Kanso R.

Creativity is a...

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Published on September 12, 2010 13:41
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