OpinionMay 30, 2024
Brain Scans of Jazz Musicians Reveal How to Reach a Creative ‘Flow State’
Both expertise and the ability to release one’s focus can help people enter a state of effortless attention
Stories by John Kounios
John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He studies the cognitive neuroscience of creativity, problem-solving and intelligence and is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015). Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @JohnKounios or on LinkedIn.