More Resources About Creativity

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Join us at Inside the Lab 2026

October 14, 2026

Inside the Lab brings psychologists and digital mental health leaders together to examine what it takes to move meaningful innovation forward.

Why it takes courage to be creative

April 29, 2026

Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD, discusses the many forms of creativity
Sawyer's Big Idea

Sawyer's Big Idea

September 9, 2025

Sawyer wakes up with a great idea. But then, wait—what about that other project? Sawyer flits from one activity to another throughout the day. Before he knows it, the day is over, and he hasn't done anything! Or has he?
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What happens in the brain when we experience art

September 1, 2025

Unleashing the power of neuroaesthetics for health, well-being, and social change
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Professional artists viewed as more creative than AI programs

February 27, 2025

People prefer artwork generated from prompts by experienced artists, study finds
Special section: Arts-based phenomenological research can evoke rich, sensual insight into the essence of human experience

Spotlight: Arts-based phenomenological research

May 20, 2024

A special section in this APA Journals Article Spotlight in Qualitative Psychology introduces arts-based phenomenological research as an innovative methodology for doing psychological research.

How to fail successfully

January 17, 2024

Amy Edmondson, PhD, and Samuel West, PhD, talk about some of commerce’s biggest flops and how individuals and organizations can learn from their mistakes
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Informing Congress on modernizing the CDC

November 2, 2023

APA Services responded to a congressional request for information, detailing what steps should be taken to improve the nation’s ability to respond to pandemics and other public health issues

How to get unstuck

June 14, 2023

Adam Alter, PhD, talks about why getting stuck is such a universal experience and what you can do to get stuck less often
Psychological Science and Creativity

Psychological Science and Creativity

May 23, 2022

Special issue of APA’s Translational Issues in Psychological Science, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, March 2022. This special issue outlines recent trends in translating creativity science to the wild, namely: studying creativity in real-world samples and contexts; applying cognitive psychology and neuroscience perspectives beyond the lab; and understanding the environmental factors that foster creativity.