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Chronologically Gifted: Oshin Vartanian on the Neuroscience of Creativity in Later Life

Ken Jones

"We find that in older people, yes, it's true that they are distracted more, but they are also better able to use  that distracting information for solving problems."  Dr. Oshin Vartanian talks about neuroscience and creativity, focusing on how and why creativity can increase in later life.  Oshin is a researcher, an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, and an author and editor of the book Neuroscience of Creativitypublished by MIT Press.