The Creative Brain
Anna Abraham
MIT Press
Creativity is a product of the human mind. But why are some people more creative than others, making it seem elusive or a gift?
Having a neurodivergent brain has been proposed as one possibility. Take Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s musical creativity. It has been suggested that he had Tourette’s syndrome, a brain condition linked to a range of symptoms including obsessive behaviour, which could have played a role.…