kaile smith 10/8/26 kaile smith 10/8/26

UPCOMING — e42: Cultivating Creative Thinking in a Creativity Collaborative of Schools

SPECIAL EVENT: Guest speaker Professor Paul Sowden

kaile smith 9/16/26 kaile smith 9/16/26

e41: The AI Art Bias: How We Judge Human vs. AI Creativity

READING: Implicit Bias Against AI Creativity: Experimental Evidence From Mouse-Tracking Analysis (Reis et al., 2026)

kaile smith 4/20/26 kaile smith 4/20/26

e40: SPECIAL EVENT — Book Q&A: Art Cure with Dr. Daisy Fancourt

READING: Art Cure by Dr. Daisy Fancourt

kaile smith 4/20/26 kaile smith 4/20/26

SPRING/SUMMER BOOK CLUB — Art Cure by Dr. Daisy Fancourt

READING: Art Cure: How the Arts Can Transform Our Health by Dr. Daisy Fancourt

kaile smith 4/20/26 kaile smith 4/20/26

e39: Creative Experience & Brain Health

READING: Creative experiences and brain clocks (Coronel-Oliveros et al., 2026)

kaile smith 4/8/26 kaile smith 4/8/26

e38: SPECIAL EVENT — Finding Your Path in Creativity Research

World Creativity and Innovation Day Celebration

kaile smith 3/26/26 kaile smith 3/26/26

e37: ADHD Traits and Creative Insight

READING: ADHD symptom magnitude predicts creative problem-solving performance and insight versus analysis solving model (Maisano et a., 2026)

kaile smith 2/19/26 kaile smith 2/19/26

e36: Museum vs. Digital : Creative Art Engagement Across Contexts

READING: Is there any difference between seeing art in the museum versus in the lab?: A comparative study of phenomenal art experiences of original artworks and digital reproductions featuring Dr. Stephanie Miller, Ph.D.

kaile smith 12/29/25 kaile smith 12/29/25

e35: SPECIAL EVENT — The Creativity Choice with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

READING: The Creativity Choice by Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

kaile smith 12/27/25 kaile smith 12/27/25

WINTER BOOK CLUB — The Creativity Choice by Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

READING: The Creativity Choice: The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas into Action by Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

kaile smith 11/17/25 kaile smith 11/17/25

e34: Reconsidering Divergent and Convergent Thinking

READING: Reconsidering Divergent and Convergent Thinking in Creativity – a Neurophysiological Index for the Convergence-Divergence Continuum (Eymann et al, 2024)

kaile smith 9/23/25 kaile smith 9/23/25

e33: SPECIAL EVENT — Navigating Creativity: On Self-Regulation of Creative Action with Dr. Aleksandra Zielińska

SPECIAL EVENT: Navigating Creativity: On Self-Regulation of Creative Action featuring Dr. Aleksandra Zielińska

kaile smith 9/10/25 kaile smith 9/10/25

e32: Unlocking Creative Potential in Students

READING: Identifying Creative Potential in Students: Addressing Misconceptions, Inclusivity, and Technological Advancements (Paek, 2025)

kaile smith 8/5/25 kaile smith 8/5/25

e31: SPECIAL EVENT — CRN x EDGE NeuroArt Nexus ~ The Creative Brain: From Myths to Modern Science

SPECIAL EVENT: EDGE NeuroArt Nexus: The Creative Brain with Creativity Research Network

kaile smith 7/9/25 kaile smith 7/9/25

e30: Can Going on Vacation Make You More Creative?

READING: Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’?: The effects of recreational travel on cognitive flexibility and originality (De Bloom et al., 2014)

kaile smith 5/5/25 kaile smith 5/5/25

e29 SPECIAL EVENT — Enhancing Creativity with Neurofeedback featuring Simone Luchini

READING: Enhancing creativity with covert neurofeedback: causal evidence for default-executive network coupling in creative thinking by (Luchini et al., 2025)

kaile smith 4/8/25 kaile smith 4/8/25

e28: The Case for Curiosity

READING: A Thirst for Knowledge: Grounding Curiosity, Creativity, and Aesthetics in Memory and Reward Neural Systems. (Kenett et al., 2023)

kaile smith 3/17/25 kaile smith 3/17/25

e27 SPECIAL EVENT— What Makes a Poem Creative?: The Science of Poetry with Dr. Soma Chaudhuri

SPECIAL EVENT: What Makes a Poem Creative?: The Science of Poetry featuring Dr. Soma Chaudhuri

kaile smith 1/22/25 kaile smith 1/22/25

e26: Altered States: The Science of Psychedelics & Creativity

READING: Who are you after psychedelics? A systematic review and a meta-analysis of the magnitude of long-term effects of serotonergic psychedelics on cognition/creativity, emotional processing and personality. (Solaya et al., 2024)

kaile smith 9/26/24 kaile smith 9/26/24

e25—SPECIAL EVENT: Art in the Age of AI with Maria Than & Theresa Demmer

An Artist and Scientist’s Perspective on Art in the age of AI with Maria Than & Theresa Demmer