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How We Experience Awe—and Why It Matters | Beau Lotto and Cirque du Soleil

2019

Neuroscientist Beau Lotto conducted an ambitious study with Cirque du Soleil on the emotion of awe and its psychological and behavioral benefits. In this talk and live performance, he shares some of their findings—and stands back as Cirque du Soleil dancers create their own awe-inducing spectacle.

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The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias | Beau Lotto | Big Think

To be creative, we have to unlearn millions of years of evolution. Creativity asks us to do that which is hardest: to question our assumptions, to doubt what we believe to be true. That is the only way to see differently.

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2017
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David Eagleman: Hits and Misses—How Neuroscience Can Boost Your Creativity

"All ideas have a genealogy," says David Eagleman. A writer, neuroscientist, and adjunct professor at Stanford University, he's definitely clued in to what makes ideas click.

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David Eagleman
2018
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