Parents are prioritizing storytelling and creativity activities with their children to prepare them for the future, according to a recent study. The survey of 2,000 parents of a Gen Alpha child examined early childhood development and how it’s impacted by playtime and creative storytelling. Along with that, it also looked at how parents believe artificial … Read more
Mentally blocked? Take a walk, you’ll feel better. “Even a single, brief bout of aerobic exercise can ignite creative thinking,” Dr. Chong Chen, assistant professor in the department of neuroscience at Japan’s Yamaguchi University told The Guardian. Chen is the author of a new review of the impact of physical activity on the creative process. You don’t … Read more
About seven years ago, Joan Baez — singer, activist, icon — decided she was ready. “I wanted to do what I called an honest legacy,” she said. “Then I realized that to do that, I had to really give up a lot of control over my personal stuff.” That meant opening up the meticulously sorted … Read more
Turns out a few Z’s can boost your creativity. A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports suggests there’s a link between naps and a creative mind — but timing is key. Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School found that the mind is “particularly fertile” during sleep onset — the earliest stage of … Read more