Nancy C. Andreasen

This was a rather shallow overview of neuroscience with more time spent on examining the characteristics of people who were known to be exceptionally creative. I actually found the brief biographical sketches of these people to be the most enjoyable.

This book is on the neuroscience of creativity. The author is researching creativity, what makes people creative, how to recognize it, and how to enhance it.

There wasn't enough information for this book. Although interesting, the author spends a lot of time talking about people in the past who are considered creative. This content is available in many other books, I felt there was too much and it just didn't add to the intended content. She finished the book with advice about helping show more children.

A lot of the content in the middle was very interesting, but there was too little of it. The book is short and a pretty quick read, but doesn't have much to offer. show less

Couldn't finish.  Too many allusions to 'what we're beginning to figure out' and it's a decade old, so we've probably got a lot more evidence towards proving or disproving some of her ideas by now.  And the chapter at the end, the advice on how to encourage your kids' creativity, belabors the obvious.  Any suggestions for something newer?