Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life: 4 (Harvard Health Publications) - Tapa blanda

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Shelley Carson, Ph.D., teaches, conducts research, and publishes on the topics of creativity, psychopathology, and resilience at Harvard University. Her work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, CNN, and NPR, and she has won multiple teaching awards for her popular course Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses, and Harvard Students.

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This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto. Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson, Ph.D., explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy; in fact, all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work. Since its initial release, Your Creative Brain has been the recipient of several awards, including The Will Solimene Award for Excellence from the American Medical Writers Association, as well as the Living Now Book of the Year Award.

Praise for Your Creative Brain

"Basing this book on her Harvard psychology course, 'Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses, and Harvard Students,' Carson sees creativity in a broader context?not just coming up with new ideas but being able to evaluate them and put the good ones to practical use. . . . Unlike most self-help books, this is grounded in solid experimental work. . . . VERDICT: Readers who liked Michael Gelb's How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci will love this. So will the self-improvement and business seminar?loving crowd. And for once they're getting some substance!" ?Library Journal

"Interweaves research findings and practical tips, suggestive cases and provocative puzzles, timely and shrewd advice." ?Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard, and author of Creating Minds, Multiple Intelligences, and Five Minds for the Future

"A revolutionary approach to expand the creative power of your mind. Supported by the latest findings of neuroscience, Dr. Shelley Carson helps you to take charge of your brain to maximize your creative potential." ?Bernard Golden, PhD, author of Unlock Your Creative Genius

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This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto. Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson, Ph.D., explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy; in fact, all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work. Since its initial release, Your Creative Brain has been the recipient of several awards, including The Will Solimene Award for Excellence from the American Medical Writers Association, as well as the Living Now Book of the Year Award.

Praise for Your Creative Brain

Basing this book on her Harvard psychology course, 'Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses, and Harvard Students, ' Carson sees creativity in a broader context--not just coming up with new ideas but being able to evaluate them and put the good ones to practical use. . . . Unlike most self-help books, this is grounded in solid experimental work. . . . VERDICT: Readers who liked Michael Gelb's How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci will love this. So will the self-improvement and business seminar-loving crowd. And for once they're getting some substance! --Library Journal

Interweaves research findings and practical tips, suggestive cases and provocative puzzles, timely and shrewd advice. --Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard, and author of Creating Minds, Multiple Intelligences, and Five Minds for the Future

A revolutionary approach to expand the creative power of your mind. Supported by the latest findings of neuroscience, Dr. Shelley Carson helps you to take charge of your brain to maximize your creative potential. --Bernard Golden, PhD, author of Unlock Your Creative Genius