Archive for October, 2009

The psychology of creativity: Norm Holland on the brain and literature

The psychology of creativity: Norm Holland on the brain and literature

In his book Literature and the Brain, Professor Norman N. Holland details how we may respond so deeply in both creating and experiencing literature – novels, plays, poems, tv and movies – and the neuropsychology underlying our often intense engagement with stories and characters. See a video below. He writes of one iconic film: “The [...]