A Prescription for Play
The pediatrician’s case for resuscitating play.
Education Plus Development, Brookings Institution
Topics: Curiosity Education Imagination Learning
The Serious Side of Our Mind
How people with their rational imagination create alternatives to reality.
TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin
Topics: Cognition Imagination Rationality
When It’s Playtime, Many Kids Prefer Reality Over Fantasy
Given a choice between fantasy play and doing the things that adults do, children prefer reality-based tasks, studies suggest.
Science News
Topics: Imagination Learning Reality
Deep Listening
A small group of scientists, scholars, writers, and religious leaders gathered to discuss the psychology of religion and spirituality.
Observations, Scientific American
Topics: Imagination Science & Religion Dialogue Scott Barry Kaufman Spirituality
Toward an Imagination Science
Is imagination a fixed ability, or can it be enhanced through targeted intervention?
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Imagination Scott Barry Kaufman
Imagination Is Ancient
Our imaginative life today has access to the pre-linguistic, ancestral mind: rich in imagery, emotions, and associations.
Aeon
Topics: Cognition Creativity Embodied Cognition Imagination Language
What Happens to Creativity as We Age?
How does the ability to come up with unusual ideas change as we grow older?
Gray Matter, The New York Times
Topics: Cognition Creativity Imagination
What Can Musicians Teach Us About Imagination?
Insights about imagination from a discussion with classical musicians.
Topics: Creativity Imagination Scott Barry Kaufman
Less Unique Than We Think
The idea that humans are special bumps up against Darwin’s great insight: the continuity of all life. David Barash reviews The Creative Spark by Agustín Fuentes and Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony by Kevin N. Laland.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Cognition Cooperation Creativity Cultural Evolution Human Uniqueness Imagination
The Comedy Imagination Retreat Examines Human Creativity Through a Comedic Lens
The event brought scholars and comedians together to take a look at what’s funny and why.
Big Think
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