Unexplainable

How does creativity work?

Montag, 26. Oktober 2026 · 25 min

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You know that feeling when time and space melt away and new ideas seem to flow through you? Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explains what we know about how creative flow states might change the way the networks in our brains interact.

Guest: Heather Berlin (heatherberlin.com), author of The Fine Art of Losing Control (simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fine-Art-of-Los…)

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