Let’s debunk the myth of the struggling artist and talk about applying the latest findings in neurobiology to get the most from our design process!
I am delighted to present a lecture on the intersection of neuroscience, perception & creativity for the 2022 Annual Conference on Landscape Architecture. It's called Brain Hacks for Productivity & Creativity in the Studio / Office.
In the talk, I introduce proven neurological interventions for you to create a toolbox of strategies to incorporate into your professional (and personal) life.
My source list is extensive and I couldn't include it in the presentation itself, so if you are interested in where I got my info, just scroll down.
If you want to learn even more about this stuff (there's a whole lot I couldn't cover in 1 lecture) I'm doing a 4 week workshop on this very topic in January called Creative, Productive You. Check it out!
SOURCES
JOURNALS & PUBLICATIONS
Beaty, R.E., et. al. (2018). Robust Prediction of Individual Creative Ability From Brain Functional Connectivity. PNAS, 115 (5) 1087-1092. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713532115
Brown TM, Brainard GC, Cajochen C, Czeisler CA, Hanifin JP, Lockley SW, et al. (2022). Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults. PLoS Biol 20(3): e3001571. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001571
Brucks, M.S. & Huang S. (2020). Does Practice Make Perfect? The Contrasting Effects of Repeated Practice on Creativity. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. 5(3), 291-301. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/does-practice-make-perfect-contrasting-effects-repeated-practice?undefined
de Voogd, L. D., Kanen, J. W., Neville, D. A., Roelofs, K., Fernández, G., & Hermans, E. J. (2018). Eye-Movement Intervention Enhances Extinction via Amygdala Deactivation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 38(40), 8694–8706. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0703-18.2018
Jaret, P. (2015). The Surprising Benefits of Stress. Greater Good Magazine. Greater Good Science Center. UC Berkeley. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_surprising_benefits_of_stress
Jung, H., & Huberman, A. D. (2018). An Unbiased View of Neural Networks: More than Meets the Eye. Neuron, 100(5), 1019–1021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.11.038
McCorry, L.K. (2007). Physiology of the Autonomic Nervous System. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, v.71(4);2007 Aug 15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1959222/
Meyers-Levy, J., & Zhu, R. The Influence of Ceiling Height: The Effect of Priming on the Type of Processing That People Use. https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71190.pdf
te Kulve, M., Schlangen, L.J.M. & van Marken Lichtenbelt, W.D. Early evening light mitigates sleep compromising physiological and alerting responses to subsequent late evening light. Sci Rep 9, 16064 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52352-w
WEBSITES
Use the Science of Ultradian Rhythms To Boost Productivity, Energy, and Willpower. https://www.bluezones.com/2020/06/how-taking-breaks-can-increase-productivity-boost-energy-levels-and-help-you-show-up-in-your-life. Accessed September 14, 2022
Avoid Burnout and Increase Awareness Using Ultradian Rhythms. https://betterhumans.pub/avoid-burnout-and-increase-awareness-using-ultradian-rhythms-5e64158e7e19. Accessed September 14, 2022
Does Thinking Burn Calories? Here's What the Science Says. https://time.com/5400025/does-thinking-burn-calories/. Accessed Sept 19, 2022.
Sugar and the Brain. https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/publications-archive/brain/sugar-brain. Accessed Sept 20, 2022
Does Practice Always Make Perfect? The Surprising Answer. https://www.fastcompany.com/90575495/does-practice-always-make-perfect-the-surprising-answer. Accessed Oct 18, 2022.
Neuroscience Research Reveals Creativity's "Brainprint." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/experimentations/201802/your-brain-creativity#:~:text=There%20isn't%20one%20%22creativity,the%20early%20stages%2C%20are%20remarkable. Accessed Oct 18, 2018.
PODCASTS
Hanson, R. Being Well Podcast. Episodes S2: 24, S3:176. https://www.rickhanson.net/being-well-podcast.
Huberman, A., Huberman Lab Podcast. Episodes 1, 7, 28, 37, 57. https://hubermanlab.com.
BOOKS
Hanson, R. (2020). Neurodharma. Harmony Books.
Feldenkrais, M. (1990). Awareness Through Movement. Harper-Collins.
Feldenkrais, M. (1985). The Potent Self. Somatic Resources.