“New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia.”
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“Thinking outside the box might be facilitated by having a somewhat less intact box,” says Dr Ullén about his new findings.
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I’m not schizophrenic, but I do have my fair share of nutty, and I’m pretty gosh-darned creative. I’ve never thought of the two being associated.
What do you think?
(via my pal Chainsaw, who is presently blogless)
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