The relationship between intelligence and creativity has long been debated and studied. One of the hallmark tests of "general intelligence" is the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test. This test gives ...

There are two prevailing schools of thought related to how we think, problem solve, make decisions, and view the world: “Convergent” and “divergent” thinking. If you’re familiar with the concepts, ...

As I wrote in The Non-Obvious Guide to Being More Creative, No Matter Where You Work, “divergent thinking helps us generate many new ideas, imagine, be original, ask questions to spot problems, look ...

David Pearson receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. It’s a stereotype, but many of us have made the assumption that scientists are a bit rigid and less artistic than others.

Creativity is a uniquely human quality that’s difficult to define and, perhaps, even harder to objectively measure. Of course, that doesn’t mean that scientists haven’t tried, and a study published in ...