Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creativity. Show all posts

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Dopamine System in Highly Creative People Similar to That Seen in Schizophrenics, Study Finds

Highlights: "New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia."



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100518064610.htm

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Singing 'rewires' damaged brain


By Victoria Gill 
Science reporter, BBC News, San Diego
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8526699.stm