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The Psychology of Creativity: Faculty Insight with Shelley Carson

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Uploaded by on Feb 16, 2011

Are madness and creativity linked? Dr. Shelley Carson, a Harvard Extension School psychology instructor, discusses the history of creativity and depression with Jenny Attiyeh of ThoughtCast.

Read more about Carson's course, "Creativity: Geniuses, Madmen, and Harvard Students," http://www.extension.harvard.edu/courses/13327.

In 2011-12, Carson will also teach "Abnormal Psychology," http://www.extension.harvard.edu/courses/10236 and "Psychological Resilience," http://www.extension.harvard.edu/courses/23412. Her book, "Your Creative Brain," is now available on Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Your-Creative-Brain-Imagination-Productivity/dp/0470547....

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  • seems to me to be a SELLING point for "mental illness". almost makes it seem desirable (d.a.n.g.e.r.)

    any possibility that highlighting a "positive" is simply a strategy to cause those who reject a diagnosis an "easy" way to acceptance? like, an INCENTIVE perhaps... cause a person to think they might have something of value, something to look forward to (because "mental illness" can amount to a CONDEMNATION, for some humans).

    critical thinking.

  • I remember her from attending there! UGH!

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