Monday, April 18, 2011

Why Are Creative People Eccentric?


That's the question recently posed by Scientific American.

From the piece...

In Brief:

* People who are highly creative often have odd thoughts and behaviors—and vice versa.
* Both creativity and eccentricity may be the result of genetic variations that increase cognitive disinhibition—the brain’s failure to filter out extraneous information.
* When unfiltered information reaches conscious awareness in the brains of people who are highly intelligent and can process this information without being overwhelmed, it may lead to exceptional insights and sensations.

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