The results were surprising: the prefrontal cortex, traditionally associated with thinking, was most active for the drawings the participants ranked as most difficult; the cerebellum was most active for the drawings the participants scored highest on for creativity. Essentially, the less the participants thought about what they were drawing, the more creative their drawings were. Manish Saggar, a psychiatrist at Stanford and the study’s lead author, summarized the findings: “The more you think about it, the more you mess it up.”
As always, the answer is never all one way or the other, as so many trends in education seem to swing. This is an important study for art teachers to understand and follow upcoming work closely as it gets to the heart of the matter -- what makes people create their "best" work? Hmmmmm...I love the brain!!
What will you make (without thinking about it) today?