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Does Creativity Require Constraints?

By Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. on August 30, 2011 in Beautiful Minds

If I asked you to draw a person from planet aardvark, would you be more creative if (a) I gave you no examples, or (b) gave you a few examples of what aardvarkians look like? Read More

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Scott Barry Kaufman

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., is a cognitive psychologist at NYU, Co-founder of The Creativity Post, and Chief Science Officer of The Future Project.

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