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The Creating BRAIN
The BRAINCreating
THE NEUROSCIENCE OF GENIUS
Nancy C. Andreasen, ., .
DANA PRESS New York • Washington, .
Copyright 2005, all rights reserved
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isbn: (cloth) 1-932594-07-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Andreasen, Nancy C. The creating brain : the neuroscience of genius /
Nancy C. Andreasen. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 1-932594-07-8 (alk. paper)
1. Neuropsychology. 2. Genius. 3. Creative ability. I. Title.
2005
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2005009994
Cover Design by FTM Design Studio
Text Design by Kachergis Book Design
Printed by Edwards Brothers Incorporated
To the “lost geniuses” of the past, in the hope that this book will help more
thrive in the future.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
1. The Nature of Creativity:
The Ingenious Human Brain 1
2. In Search of Xanadu: Understanding the
Creative Person and the Creative Process 18
3. Reaching Xanadu: How Does the Brain Create? 49
4. Genius and Insanity: Creativity and Brain Disease 79
5. What Creates the Creative Brain? 108
6. Building Better Brains: Creativity and
Brain Plasticity 143
Bibliography 183
Index 189
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Chapter 1
The “Chinese Horse.” Prehistoric cave painting. Lascaux Caves,
Perigord, Dordogne, France; Art Resource, NY 1
Lewis Terman; Courtesy of Stanford University Archives 8
Chapter 2
Praxiteles (–330 BCE). (attr.) Three Muses. Statue base from Man-
tinea (Arkadia), ca. 330–320 BCE. H. 98 cm. National Archaeological
Museum, Athens, Greece; Nimatallah / Art Resource, NY 18
Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-104646 20
. Guilford; Archives of the History of American Psychology—
The University of Akron 24
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