{"product_id":"wired-to-create-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-creative-mind-paperback","title":"Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Barry Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Gregoire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman's groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire's popular article in the Huffington Post, \u003ci\u003eWired to Create\u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse inside the \"messy minds\" of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology, along with engaging examples of artists and innovators throughout history, the book shines a light on the practices and habits of mind that promote creative thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire untangle a series of paradoxes-- like mindfulness and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, and solitude and collaboration - to show that it is by embracing our own contradictions that we are able to tap into our deepest creativity. Each chapter explores one of the ten attributes and habits of highly creative people: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Imaginative Play * Passion * Daydreaming * Solitude * Intuition * Openness to Experience * Mindfulness * Sensitivity * Turning Adversity into Advantage * Thinking Differently \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With insights from the work and lives of Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Proust, David Foster Wallace, Thomas Edison, Josephine Baker, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, musician Thom Yorke, chess champion Josh Waitzkin, video-game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, and many other creative luminaries, \u003ci\u003eWired to Create\u003c\/i\u003e helps us better understand creativity - and shows us how to enrich this essential aspect of our lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e is scientific director of the Imagination Institute and investigates the measurement and development of imagination, creativity and well-being in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written or edited six previous books, including \u003ci\u003eUngifted: Intelligence Redefined\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also co-founder of \u003ci\u003eThe Creativity Post\u003c\/i\u003e, host of \u003ci\u003eThe Psychology Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e, and he writes the blog Beautiful Minds for \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e. Kaufman lives in Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Gregoire \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior writer at the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where she reports on psychology, mental health, and neuroscience. She has spoken at TEDx and the Harvard Public Health Forum, and has appeared on MSNBC, the \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e show, the History Channel and HuffPost Live. Gregoire lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755741675808,"sku":"9780399175664","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a519b110d62b23e5d4d43b67a89eb643.webp?v=1780067468","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wired-to-create-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-creative-mind-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}