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01-10-2016 | Column: Rethinking Technology & Creativity in the 21st Century

Downtime as a Key to Novelty Generation: Understanding the Neuroscience of Creativity with Dr. Rex Jung

Authors: Rohit Mehta, Punya Mishra, The Deep-Play Research Group

Published in: TechTrends | Issue 6/2016

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Technology is both a boon and a curse in the development of creativity… It is occupying our brains in such a way that it crowds out the downtime that is important for creativity
— Dr. Rex Jung
He is quick, thinking in clear images;
I am slow, thinking in broken images.
— Robert Graves, In broken images
Let it marinate!
— Gordon Ramsay, probably
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Metadata
Title
Downtime as a Key to Novelty Generation: Understanding the Neuroscience of Creativity with Dr. Rex Jung
Authors
Rohit Mehta
Punya Mishra
The Deep-Play Research Group
Publication date
01-10-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
TechTrends / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 8756-3894
Electronic ISSN: 1559-7075
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-016-0119-3

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