Creativity
The Foundation is currently developing a range of philanthropic initiatives to catalyze research on several "big questions" related to the theme of creativity, including: How is the universe creative? How is human creativity different from the logic of a generic Turing machine? What insights and lessons can be learned from super-high creativity cultures and organizations about the nature of creativity? Can scientific research increase the level of creativity and curiosity among the young?
Please feel free to email us at creativity@templeton.org to learn more about our developing initiatives.
FEATURED GRANT
Neuropsychology of Creative Intelligence: An Investigation of Creative Intelligence and its Application to the Education of Gifted Children
Professor John Gregory Geake, Director of Doctoral Studies
Westminster Institute of Education
Oxford Brookes University (Oxford UK)
This research grant provided support for an extensive bibliographic review of the literature on creative intelligence, including the articulation of a robust theoretical model of creative intelligence and its relationship to academic giftedness. The research project also includes a neuroimaging study of creative intelligence in gifted subjects undertaken in collaboration with the Centre for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain at the University of Oxford.