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Stop thinking! Proven Neuroscience Methods to Spark Your Creative Brain for Richer, Deeper Writing.
Studies show that the DMN is your brain’s resting-state circuitry. As an artist, this is where your brain does some of its best and most creative work. Would you like to learn how to tap into this state?
For years, Abbie Owen has worked in research at a world-renowned cognitive neuroscience lab. She is passionate about how neural networks collaborate to bring about the wide range of mental operations we apply in the real world. Using her experience and expertise, she now brings you this comprehensive guide that will ensure that you can capitalize on the DMN to bring out the best version of yourself in any creative space. Are you ready to learn how?
Inside Stop thinking! Proven Neuroscience Methods to Spark Your Creative Brain for Richer, Deeper Writing , you’ll
Every tool in this book is simple, enjoyable, and, most importantly, effective! Whether you’re having a mental block or struggling to complete a creative project, the practical guidelines found in every chapter will enable you to create and finish that masterpiece you’ve always wanted to make!
Are you ready to nurture your creativity?
For years, Abbie Owen has worked in research at a world-renowned cognitive neuroscience lab. She is passionate about how neural networks collaborate to bring about the wide range of mental operations we apply in the real world. Using her experience and expertise, she now brings you this comprehensive guide that will ensure that you can capitalize on the DMN to bring out the best version of yourself in any creative space. Are you ready to learn how?
Inside Stop thinking! Proven Neuroscience Methods to Spark Your Creative Brain for Richer, Deeper Writing , you’ll
Every tool in this book is simple, enjoyable, and, most importantly, effective! Whether you’re having a mental block or struggling to complete a creative project, the practical guidelines found in every chapter will enable you to create and finish that masterpiece you’ve always wanted to make!
Are you ready to nurture your creativity?
121 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 1, 2023
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October 13, 2023
‘Stop Thinking! Proven Neuroscience Methods to Spark your Creative Brain for Richer, Deeper Writing’ emphasizes that creativity can be cultivated if you provide your brain the right environment to rest and let DMN (Default Mode Network) take over, as DMN plays an important role in the thought process. Despite neuroscience jargon, the book ushers you into a new realm of creative writing with some practical tips that can enhance your skills, restore your mental faculties and deal with the writer's block.
A conscious effort is required for creativity to get stimulated. Experts believe that creative thought does not emanate from one part of the brain and requires spontaneous and controlled cognitive functions. A scientist uses cognitive creative abilities while an artist uses emotional creative capacities but a writer combines both the domains to accomplish his goals. There are such interesting observations that make this book worth reading.
Creativity is a complex process, involving many different brain functions and networks. I liked the analogy of the conductor who conducts an orchestra to clarify the role of DMN, which coordinates various brain regions to produce coherent thoughts. The last chapter summarizes all the highlights of the book. Informative and enlightening, this book is quite helpful.
A conscious effort is required for creativity to get stimulated. Experts believe that creative thought does not emanate from one part of the brain and requires spontaneous and controlled cognitive functions. A scientist uses cognitive creative abilities while an artist uses emotional creative capacities but a writer combines both the domains to accomplish his goals. There are such interesting observations that make this book worth reading.
Creativity is a complex process, involving many different brain functions and networks. I liked the analogy of the conductor who conducts an orchestra to clarify the role of DMN, which coordinates various brain regions to produce coherent thoughts. The last chapter summarizes all the highlights of the book. Informative and enlightening, this book is quite helpful.
October 21, 2023
This book focused on DMN and how it could help an author find inspiration to write. I found many of the analogies appropriate for my life. I'm an indie author, though I rarely have issues with writer's block. I also travel a lot and currently serve in the Army (21.5 years and counting). Finally, I'm about two months into earning my second master's degree. Taken all together, I found this book worked with where I am in life.
There were takeaways that I found myself nodding along with. For instance, I find writing in the morning far better. In fact, I rarely will even try to write in the afternoon or evening. Once lunch rolls around, it's too late. Perhaps DMN is the reason for this. The writer also comes in with good credentials, adding weight to her argument.
It wasn't a perfect book. First, I'm a footnote guy. I read this book on my Kindle, so going to the back to find a source in a bibliography wasn't convenient. I wish the story had the source right there on the same page. The full source. The author used the abbreviated parenthesis style to cite her 59 (impressive) sources. She missed a few times she should have cited a source after saying "studies have shown." There were also a few spots with redundant phrases (e.g. "habitual habits" and "positioning yourself in an exact position"). Not all the examples worked for me. She made an argument that COVID-19 restrictions further kept people from nature. I found most I knew took walks outside specifically because it was the one place they could go without inconvenience, regardless of their personal feelings on the rules of COVID-19.
Overall, I think the book made a valid argument on a topic I hadn't heard of nor am educated enough to weigh-in myself.
There were takeaways that I found myself nodding along with. For instance, I find writing in the morning far better. In fact, I rarely will even try to write in the afternoon or evening. Once lunch rolls around, it's too late. Perhaps DMN is the reason for this. The writer also comes in with good credentials, adding weight to her argument.
It wasn't a perfect book. First, I'm a footnote guy. I read this book on my Kindle, so going to the back to find a source in a bibliography wasn't convenient. I wish the story had the source right there on the same page. The full source. The author used the abbreviated parenthesis style to cite her 59 (impressive) sources. She missed a few times she should have cited a source after saying "studies have shown." There were also a few spots with redundant phrases (e.g. "habitual habits" and "positioning yourself in an exact position"). Not all the examples worked for me. She made an argument that COVID-19 restrictions further kept people from nature. I found most I knew took walks outside specifically because it was the one place they could go without inconvenience, regardless of their personal feelings on the rules of COVID-19.
Overall, I think the book made a valid argument on a topic I hadn't heard of nor am educated enough to weigh-in myself.
October 22, 2023
SCIENCE TAKES ON WRITER’S BLOCK
This is a self-help book aimed at writers get over writer’s block and to unleash their untapped creativity. The book is part science, part advice, and all related to the DMN (Default Mode Network) of your brain. In other words, letting your brain rest so it can become more creative. How? By transforming your thoughts from your hectic lifestyle and environment to a mindful rest. In the book, Abbie Owen offers several mental suggestions and exercises to achieve the DMN state.
The neuroscience jargon and information, while fascinating, was a little overdone. Less might have been more effective for this creative writer’s mind.
This is a self-help book aimed at writers get over writer’s block and to unleash their untapped creativity. The book is part science, part advice, and all related to the DMN (Default Mode Network) of your brain. In other words, letting your brain rest so it can become more creative. How? By transforming your thoughts from your hectic lifestyle and environment to a mindful rest. In the book, Abbie Owen offers several mental suggestions and exercises to achieve the DMN state.
The neuroscience jargon and information, while fascinating, was a little overdone. Less might have been more effective for this creative writer’s mind.
October 23, 2023
It is a book for writers to help writing and relaxing in between writing. It goes through how a writer thinks and gives ideas to help the said writer create their stories.
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