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Il Pensiero CreativoProf. Giovanni Emanuele Corazza
VEMFWD 2017
Question #1
Did you sleep well last night?
Default Mode Network (DMD)
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
(vmPFC)
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex
(PFC)
Anterior cingulate cortex
(ACC)
Precuneus
Posterior cingulate
cortex (PCC)
Inferior parietal lobe
Hippocampus
Immordino-Yang, M.H., Christodoulou, J.A., & Singh, V. (2012). Rest is no idleness:
Implications of the brain’s default mode for human development and education.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 352-364
Default Mode Network (DMN)
• Activates
– in resting state
– During REM sleep
• Task related negative
• Associated to
– Mind wandering
– Introspection
– Making sense of the world
• Disfunctionalities may lead to
– ADHD
– Depression
– Alzheimer
Question #2
What would happen if due to an explosion a
13.25 pounds iron bar went through your skull?
Phineas Cage, Sep 13, 1848
Executive Control Network (ECN)
Dorsolateral prefrontal
cortex
(DLPFC)
Hsu, N. S., Novick, J. M., & Jaeggi, S. M. (2014). The development and malleability of
executive control abilities. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8.
Anterior cingulate cortex
(ACC)
Posterior parietal cortex
(PPC)
Ventrolateral prefrontal
cortex (VLPFC)
Medial temporal lobe (MLT)
Executive Control Network (ECN)
• Performs executive functions involving multiple specific domains
– initiation
– inhibition
– social cognition
– working memory
– flexibility
– planning
– vigilance
• Disfunctionalities can cause/be caused by
– Disinhibition
– Non-adaptive social behavior
– Frontotemporal dementia
DMN & ECN collaboration
Organic Creativity (OC)
DMN & ECN: organic creativity process
DM
NE
CN ECN >> DMN (conformism)
DMN >> ECN (impulsivity)
time
Evolving society and human skills
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
STANDARDIZATION
CONCENTRATION
SYNCHRONIZATION
INFORMATION SOCIETY
PERSONALIZATION
DISTRIBUTION
S/T DESTRUCTURING
POST-HUMAN SOCIETY
HYPER-INTELLIGENCE
HYPER-CONNECTIVITY
EDUCATIONxIND
ROTE LEARNING
SPECIALIZATION
CREATIVITY FOR GENIUS
EDUCATIONxINFO
FLEXIBILITY
FILTERING
CREATIVITY FOR DIGNITY
EDUCATIONxPOST-INFO
A.I. CONTROL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CREATIVITY FOR SURVIVAL
Creativity is a necessity
for our survival !
The main take-away...
Marconi Institute for Creativity
mic.fgm.it
research education application
Challenging the state-of-the-art
Why is it so difficult?
Brain vs. Supercomputer
38 petaflops
15 W
20 petaflops
3 MW
Energy saving: threshold lowering
Consequences of energy saving
• Most of the brain processes are automatic and unaware
• Reason works with models, prototypes, heuristics
• Only strictly necessary areas are activated
• This is absolutely great, but it has a few drawbacks...
– Cultural blocks
– Perceptual blocks
– Emotional blocks
Divergent exploration
When the sun sets
we can see the other stars
Typical R&D: Maximizing ROI
Any alternative balance?
• Exploration of innovative concepts
Short range 95-99% Long range 1-5%
car : engine = innovation : creativity
The dimensions of climate for change and
creativity (Ekvall, 1997; Isaksen, 2007)
• Climate that supports creativity and innovation has
been defined with 9 dimensions:
1. Challenge/Involvement
2. Freedom
3. Trust/Openness
4. Idea-Time
5. Playfulness/Humor
6. Conflict
7. Idea-Support
8. Debate
9. Risk-taking
1927: Gifford lectures in Edinburgh...
• Alfred North Whitehead
– Creativity is the universal of universals
– Creativity is the ultimate principle by which the many, which are the
universe disjunctively, become the one actual occasion, which is the
universe conjunctively
=> Creativity is the ultimate metaphysical principle!
Thank you!