Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity
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The world's leading professional society of neuroscientists, psychologists, and practitioners of creativity, advancing the science of creativity together. tsfnc.org
We’re thrilled to announce SfNC2026: Liberty to Create
The 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) will take place June 1–3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, we're letting the arts take center stage.
Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...
The 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) will take place June 1–3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, we're letting the arts take center stage.
Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We’re thrilled to announce SfNC2026: Liberty to Create
The 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) will take place June 1–3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, we're letting the arts take center stage.
Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...
The 11th annual meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) will take place June 1–3, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year, we're letting the arts take center stage.
Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...
We’re saddened by the loss of two giants in our field: Bob Bilder and Jonny Smallwood. Their work reshaped how we understand creativity, imagination, and the wandering mind. Their impact on science and on the people they mentored will continue to guide us. Our thoughts are with their loved ones. 💙
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We’re saddened by the loss of two giants in our field: Bob Bilder and Jonny Smallwood. Their work reshaped how we understand creativity, imagination, and the wandering mind. Their impact on science and on the people they mentored will continue to guide us. Our thoughts are with their loved ones. 💙
ICYMI: SfNC. 2026. Philly. See you there 😎
May 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
ICYMI: SfNC. 2026. Philly. See you there 😎
Finally, our award winners presented by The Roger Beaty
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Finally, our award winners presented by The Roger Beaty
Closing remarks by our dear president Indre Viskontas but 1 more event. Sadly for everyone following on BlueSky, what happens on the boat stays on the boat
May 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Closing remarks by our dear president Indre Viskontas but 1 more event. Sadly for everyone following on BlueSky, what happens on the boat stays on the boat
Ryan Joseph Slaby talks about the use of cathedral tDCS to alter visual art making
May 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ryan Joseph Slaby talks about the use of cathedral tDCS to alter visual art making
Ke Ding speaks about a stimulating the left AG using tDCS to look at memory reconfiguration in creative thinking during a story generation task
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ke Ding speaks about a stimulating the left AG using tDCS to look at memory reconfiguration in creative thinking during a story generation task
First is Danny Holzman on individualized TMS affects on divergent thinking
May 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
First is Danny Holzman on individualized TMS affects on divergent thinking
Great session about Affective and Physiological
Interventions on Creativity with talks by Christian Rominger, Jennifer Drake, Kalie Smith, Sarah Moreno-Rodriguez, and Zhino Ebrahimi
Interventions on Creativity with talks by Christian Rominger, Jennifer Drake, Kalie Smith, Sarah Moreno-Rodriguez, and Zhino Ebrahimi
May 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Great session about Affective and Physiological
Interventions on Creativity with talks by Christian Rominger, Jennifer Drake, Kalie Smith, Sarah Moreno-Rodriguez, and Zhino Ebrahimi
Interventions on Creativity with talks by Christian Rominger, Jennifer Drake, Kalie Smith, Sarah Moreno-Rodriguez, and Zhino Ebrahimi
After a quick coffee break and some awesome posters time for Creativity in Motion with Ann Lenore Moradian
May 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
After a quick coffee break and some awesome posters time for Creativity in Motion with Ann Lenore Moradian
Beautiful panel on creativity in education
May 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Beautiful panel on creativity in education
Next keynote on the development of creativity looking at how children and adolescence think creatively by Mathieu Cassotti
May 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Next keynote on the development of creativity looking at how children and adolescence think creatively by Mathieu Cassotti
See you all tomorrow in Auditorium D (NOT E!) for more creativity science. Bonne nuit 😴
May 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
See you all tomorrow in Auditorium D (NOT E!) for more creativity science. Bonne nuit 😴
Lastly,
Orjan de Manzano talks about using the DAT divergent thinking task and creative achievement!
Orjan de Manzano talks about using the DAT divergent thinking task and creative achievement!
May 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Lastly,
Orjan de Manzano talks about using the DAT divergent thinking task and creative achievement!
Orjan de Manzano talks about using the DAT divergent thinking task and creative achievement!
Next Yuhua Yu discussing using volatility of EEG in convergent thinking (CRA AND ANAGRAM TASK)
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Next Yuhua Yu discussing using volatility of EEG in convergent thinking (CRA AND ANAGRAM TASK)
Now Corinna M.
Perchtold-Stefan discusses malevolent creativity and gender differ need
Perchtold-Stefan discusses malevolent creativity and gender differ need
May 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Now Corinna M.
Perchtold-Stefan discusses malevolent creativity and gender differ need
Perchtold-Stefan discusses malevolent creativity and gender differ need
To continue our session on Empirical Advances: Carola Salvi speaks on white matter tracts (using DTI) in convergent thinking and the Aha! moment
May 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
To continue our session on Empirical Advances: Carola Salvi speaks on white matter tracts (using DTI) in convergent thinking and the Aha! moment
Another pic of these super cool EEG methods!!
May 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Another pic of these super cool EEG methods!!
Next Coralie Ramos talks on electrophysiological brain networks
during creative thinking
during creative thinking
May 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Next Coralie Ramos talks on electrophysiological brain networks
during creative thinking
during creative thinking
Now Simone Luchini talks about how PSA analyses may be used to look at switching and clustering within creative semantic search
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Now Simone Luchini talks about how PSA analyses may be used to look at switching and clustering within creative semantic search
Christine Chesebrough speaks on internal and external attention in mind wandering using iEEG!
May 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Christine Chesebrough speaks on internal and external attention in mind wandering using iEEG!
First talk of Empirical Advances in the
Neuroscience of Creativity: Alexandra Kelly talks on the cognitive and neural individual differences in design fixation
Neuroscience of Creativity: Alexandra Kelly talks on the cognitive and neural individual differences in design fixation
May 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First talk of Empirical Advances in the
Neuroscience of Creativity: Alexandra Kelly talks on the cognitive and neural individual differences in design fixation
Neuroscience of Creativity: Alexandra Kelly talks on the cognitive and neural individual differences in design fixation
Jonathan Fineberg leads a discussion on rethinking what it means to get a PhD in creativity!!! An innovate pedagogy for teaching creativity
May 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Jonathan Fineberg leads a discussion on rethinking what it means to get a PhD in creativity!!! An innovate pedagogy for teaching creativity
