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Brainstorm Touches Down at the Kasser Theater
posted on May 9th, 2011 by Sara Wintz
Elizabeth Streb, Michael Gordon, Scott deLahunta, Robert Whitman, and Philip Barnard at the Brainstorm symposium. (Photo by Mike Peters.)
On April 12, Peak Performances @ Montclair hosted Brainstorm, a symposium on the science behind creative thinking. The symposium, which included presentations by cognitive scientists, researchers, and artists, revealed some surprising connections between art and science.
“Why this symposium?” Peak Performances’ Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler, wondered aloud at the beginning of the day’s activities. His answer, “To enliven each individual’s sense of their own intuitive capacity,” shed some light on the events that followed. Read more »
