Anna Abraham, PhDE. Paul Torrance Professor, Department of Educational Psychology Director, Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development Mary Frances Early College of Education University of Georgia (UGA) Athens, GA, USA |
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Email: annaabr[@]gmail.com | University Webpage: UGA | Profile: Google Scholar | Group: Creativity & Imagination Lab | ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4954-8205
Research Expertise: Creativity, Imagination, Reality-Fiction Distinction, Mental Time Travel, Theory of Mind, Self-Referential Thought
Domains/Disciplines: Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience
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As the Editor of the Cambridge Elements in Creativity and Imagination, I seek contributions for this short book publication series by Cambridge University Press from all corners of the academic and practitioner community. If you are interested in contributing to this series, contact me via email for more information. This is a rolling call.
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WHAT'S NEW?
Nov 2024: Speaker -- Understanding the Reality-Fiction Distinction: The BLINCS model -- at the EFMWR seminar in the College of Engineering (Host: Prof. Francesco Fedele) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Oct 2024: Paper -- Why the Standard Definition of Creativity Fails to Capture the Creative Act -- now published online in Theory & Psychology.
Oct 2024: Speaker -- Understanding the Human Imagination: A Neurophilosophical Framework -- at the Music-Evoked Imaginings Workshop at Princeton University.
Sep 2024: Interviewee -- Unlocking Creativity: Dr. Anna Abraham on Interdisciplinarity, AI, and Human Innovation -- in the journal TechTrends [Interviewers: Danah Henriksen, Lauren Woo, & Punya Mishra].
Sep 2024: Speaker -- Many Roads to Rome: Cautious Considerations on the Computability of Creativity -- at the Bridging Fields in Creativity Research – Towards Circuit Mechanisms of the Creative Process conference organized by the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (FIAS) in Oppenheim, Germany.
Sep 2024: Discussant -- Panel Discussion on Developing Circuit Mechanisms of the Creative Process -- at the Bridging Fields in Creativity Research – Towards Circuit Mechanisms of the Creative Process conference organized by the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (FIAS) in Oppenheim, Germany.
Sep 2024: Book -- The Creative Brain: Myths & Truths (2024, MIT Press) -- longlisted for the getAbstract International Book Award 2024 [Category: Learning Impact].
Aug 2024: Media mention -- “The Creative Brain: Myths and Truths” listed as one of the notable neuroscience book releases of the year -- The Transmitter, a publication by the Simons Foundation.
Aug 2024: Paper -- Hating an Outgroup is to Render their Stories a Fiction: A BLINCS Model Hypothesis and Commentary -- now published online in Imagination, Cognition and Personality.
Aug 2024: Interviewee -- Making Sense of Creativity -- for the This is Your Brain with Dr. Phil Stieg podcast.
Jul 2024: Interviewee -- Myths and Truths of the Creative Brain -- for Cool Science Radio (KPCW Public Radio).
Jul 2024: Interviewee -- The Vital Spark: The Creative Brain -- for the Brainland podcast.
Jul 2024: Paper -- Trending Now: Implicit Factors Influence Users’ Online Audiovisual Media Motivations and Engagement -- now published online in Imagination, Cognition and Personality.
Jul 2024: Paper -- Recommended For You: Explicit Motivations and Recommender Systems Influence Users’ Media Engagement and Well-being -- now published online in Imagination, Cognition and Personality.
Jun 2024: Interviewee -- The Creative Brain: Myths & Truths -- for the New Books Network (NBN) podcast.
Jun 2024: Paper -- Predictors of change in creative thinking abilities in young people: A longitudinal study -- published in Journal of Creative Behavior.
May 2024: Interviewee -- How Creative People Create -- for the Something You Should Know podcast.
May 2024: Featured Interviewee -- Generative AI and Creativity -- for UGA Today.
Apr 2024: Interviewee -- The Neuroscience of the Creative Brain -- for the Closer to Truth Chats.
Apr 2024: Author -- The Creative Brain: Myths & Truths -- published by MIT Press.
Apr 2024: Speaker -- The Creativity-Learning Nexus -- for the 2024 Torrance Festival of Ideas.
Apr 2024: Chair & Organizer of the 2024 Torrance Festival of Ideas (Festival Theme: CREATIVITY & LEARNING).
Apr 2024: Keynote Speaker -- The Neuroscience of Creative Imagination: Implications for the AI Age -- for the Learning & the Brain conference on Future Ready Brains, New York City.
Apr 2024: Speaker -- The Neuropsychology of Creativity: Myths and Truths of the Creative Brain -- a continuing education seminar for the Swiss Association of Neuropsychologists (SVNP).
Apr 2024: Keynote Speaker -- Myths and Truths of the Creative Mind -- 14th Symposium of the BIAL Foundation on CREATIVITY - Behind and Beyond the Brain, Casa do Médico, Porto, Portugal.