http://polyscience.org/2005/09/schizotypal-creativity/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://polyscience.org/2005/09/schizotypal-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-161 polyscience.org » Structured v. creative learning Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:26:05 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=98#comment-161 [...] This struck me as an appropriate follow-up piece to the news post below regarding left and right brain activity. I mentioned that I thought that it was possible to learn to be both creative and utilitarian simultaneously. In fact, those that learn this skill tend to be more productive and come up with more innovative solutions that those who merely “think inside the box” (to reuse that horribly overused phrase). But I think I might have jumped the gun, and pre-emptied myself just a little bit. Children think creatively, using both sides of their brains; they are not bounded by an artificial reality — conformity to social standards dictating the use of a given object for a given task. [...] [...] This struck me as an appropriate follow-up piece to the news post below regarding left and right brain activity. I mentioned that I thought that it was possible to learn to be both creative and utilitarian simultaneously. In fact, those that learn this skill tend to be more productive and come up with more innovative solutions that those who merely “think inside the box” (to reuse that horribly overused phrase). But I think I might have jumped the gun, and pre-emptied myself just a little bit. Children think creatively, using both sides of their brains; they are not bounded by an artificial reality — conformity to social standards dictating the use of a given object for a given task. [...]

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