Creative Encounters: Neuroscience meets the Arts

This was the third in a series of workshops for the 'Creativity from an Interdisciplinary Perspective' project, which is funded through the Bridging the Gaps development fund.

Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE (neuroscientist, writer and broadcaster), Professor Christopher Bannerman (Head of ResCen, the Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts at Middlesex University) and Rescen artists Richard Layzell and Graeme Miller joined us for a stimulating and thought-provoking discussion on the nature of the creative process in neuroscience and the arts.

Each of the speakers gave their own perspective on creativity and the creative process, followed by a conversation between the speakers and other panel members (Dr Robin Durie, Professor Anna Craft and Dr Andy Wills from the Creativity project team). The debate was then opened up to the audience, with discussions continuing over drinks after the workshop.

This series of workshops aims to provide a range of introductions to the Creativity research programme, the purpose of which is to explore the relations between creativity as it is understood in the arts and humanities, creativity as a mental process, and creativity as a phenomenon occurring within processes of information generation in mathematical and biological systems.

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For more information about the Creativity project, please contact the project lead, Robin Durie

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