One reason for discounting our creative abilities is comparing ourselves to other people, especially well-known and successful artists, such as millionaire novelist Dean Koontz. And myths about artists being “crazy”…
[Conclusion – also see Part 1 and Part 2] Neuroscience research In his book: “Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined,” cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman refers to a study by Catya von Karolyi,…
Continuing from Part 1, here are more examples of creative people with dyslexia, plus some of the neuroscience about the learning difference: Whoopi Goldberg is “one of the only ten…
“There were a lot of benefits to being dyslexic for me…I think I came into an appreciation of all those qualities of language…” Novelist Richard Ford Although traditionally classified as…
People with the personality trait of high sensitivity have qualities that can help make them more creative, including a greater awareness of subtleties in emotional and sensory detail. Creativity coach…
“It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” Author Steven Pressfield goes on to describe in…
His Scientific American blog Beautiful Minds notes Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD is “adjunct assistant professor of psychology at New York University, where he teaches courses on cognitive psychology and human…