Eric Kandel: Creativity, Your Brain, and the Aha Moment, Big Think

Eric Kandel: Creativity, Your Brain, and the Aha Moment Watch the newest video from Big Think: Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: Dr. Eric Kandel describes the aha phenomenon and speculates on ways that humans and groups can think more creatively. ERIC KANDEL: Dr. Eric Kandel is University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor and Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His most recent book is The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present. Kandel s research has shown that learning produces changes in behavior by modifying the strength of connections between nerve cells, rather than by altering the