Ralph Caspers has to be creative on a regular basis - for work reasons. Just like Kaddi aka @coldmirror and the twins Dennis and Benni Wolter from @worldwidewohnzimmer. But what is creativity anyway? Can everyone be creative? And how can I become more creative? Kaddi, Dennis and Benni tell Ralph how they come up with new ideas for their videos. Science says: Being creative means creating something that is new AND useful. In all types of creativity - whether art, science or cooking - two ways of thinking are important: First, "divergent thinking". This is the linking of information in the brain that at first glance has nothing to do with each other. Ralph shows you the results of a study in which a very creative brain and a less creative brain were compared. In the less creative brain, creative tasks use brain connections that work together anyway. In the particularly creative brain, however, connections between brain areas that otherwise rarely work together are used. In addition to divergent thinking, you also need “convergent thinking” – the logical part of creativity, so to speak. With it, we can, for example, evaluate whether a creative idea is useful and then implement it. Can everyone be creative? Yes, because there is no creativity gene. Kaddi aka @coldmirror explains how you can avoid putting too much pressure on yourself, and Dennis and Benni from @worldwidewohnzimmer tell you why it’s worth taking the tram. Ralph tells you what untidy rooms and breaks have to do with creativity. Chapter 0:00 Intro 0:54 What is creativity anyway? 4:22 Prerequisites for creative ideas: divergent and convergent thinking 8:45 How can I become more creative? Authors: Nasibah Sfar and Ralph Caspers Editing and graphics: Christian Kloprogge, Robert Bodner Editor: Wobbeke Klare Reading tip / reading tips Quarks: What is creativity? https://www.quarks.de/gesellschaft/ps... Coldmirror / @coldmirror World Wide Living Room / @worldwidewohnzimmer Our most important sources Roger Beaty et al.: Robust Prediction of Individual Creative Ability from Brain Functional Connectivity; in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2018 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/... James C. Kaufman and Ronald A. Beghetto: Beyond Big and Little: The Four C Model of Creativity; in: Review of General Psychology, 2009 PDF: http://www.normanjackson.co.uk/upload... An Analysis of Creativity; in: The Phi Delta Kappan, 1961 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20342603 Four Ps of Creativity and Recent Updates; in: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-38... Graham Wallas: The Art of Thought, 1945 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-502468959 Big-C creativity in artists and scientists is associated with more random global but less random local fMRI functional connectivity; in: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2022 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-4... Did you like the video? Then subscribe to the official Quarks channel with Ralph Caspers @DimensionRalph on YouTube now! Also visit the official Quarks channel on YouTube: @Quarks #quarks on Instagram: / quarks.de Quarks on X / Twitter: / quarkswdr Quarks on Facebook: / quarks.de #creativity #ralphcaspers #dimensionralph