NIH: 'Artists are the experts on creativity'

Why the world's largest medical research body is now studying the brains of artists

Vol. 1 issue 25

Greetings,

Yesterday, I had a brief discussion with Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the world’s largest clinical research budget, who shared that the National Institutes of Health has 20 million dollars set aside to study the brains of musicians.

It’s all part of the NIH’s plan to study the mechanics of creativity, with an eye toward…