John Kounios
Cognitive neuroscientist researching creativity, intelligence, and other things at Drexel University. Co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain.
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- Here's a video Google NotebookLM video "explainer" of our new peer-reviewed study of the relationship between #ADHD and #creativity just published in Personality and Individual Differences. There is a link to the journal article in the YouTube description. youtu.be/ABlEf6zl4-8?...
- @timmytimmytimmytim.bsky.social You gave an outstanding talk on visual perception at Drexel University yesterday. Thanks!
- New study from my lab: ADHD symptoms predict problem-solving by insight (the Aha! phenomenon) - the missing link between ADHD and creativity. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mS77heKe3...
- The brain reaches maturity around age 32: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
- When the Mind Returns | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...
- @think.kera.org podcast listed our March interview "Eureka! How your brain figures it out" as one of their Best of 2025. think.kera.org/2025/12/22/b...
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- @sciam.bsky.social has a new special edition entitled The Conscious Brain (www.scientificamerican.com/issue/specia...). It contains our feature article "The Brain Science of Elusive 'Aha moments'" from the March 2025 issue which you can read here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
- The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...
- The Conversation is rerunning their 2024 podcast episode about our research on the neuroscience of creative flow. #flowstate #flow youtu.be/C80jDmaPFNs?...
- Our research on the #flowstate is reported in a new (paywalled) article by @shaylalove.bsky.social on NationalGeographic.com to accompany the "Limitless: Live Better Now" TV series with Chris Hemsworth on DisneyPlus and Hulu. www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
- Honored to discuss creative insight and flow with brilliant creatives Marty Moss-Coane and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon on Marty's excellent The Connection program on @whyy.org (linked below). Includes a fantastic excerpt of Jennifer's Concerto 4-3. Enjoy. whyy.org/episodes/cra...
- Cracking the Creativity Code. Catch me on The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane and Jennifer Higdon today (Friday) and Sunday at noon ET on WHYY radio, thereafter as a podcast. whyy.org/episodes/cra...
- "Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments" - Excellent coverage in Nature of research on the neuroscience of Aha moments, including our research on this phenomenon. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Honored to have given a webinar on creativity for the Defense Acquisition University. (Link to video below.) Thanks to Garry Shields of the Department of Defense's Disruptive Technologies Lab for leading the discussion. media.dau.edu/media/Eureka...
- Having fun speaking at the Kellogg Marketing Leadership Summit. Great meeting!
- It was a pleasure to give the keynote address on creative insight and the brain at the fabulous Kellogg Marketing Leadership Summit at Northwestern University. Great event, inspiring people!
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- Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence? www.smithsonianmag.com/history/was-...
- Quoted in article about AI and human intelligence in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- The Reverse Flynn Effect -- people are getting stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
- Interesting thought piece about current cultural views of human intelligence, especially about and among the tech elite class. Needless to say, the so-called "tech bros" are not experts about the nature, measurement, and cultivation of human intelligence. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/a...
- @WSJ says it's an "An incredible accomplishment." The paperback edition of our book, The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain, is now available at a temporary reduced sale price on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Eureka-Facto...
- Thanks to @krysboydthink for interviewing me about Aha moments and the brain for the radio program/podcast Think from KERA and @NPR. Great discussion. www.npr.org/podcasts/478...
- Yvette Kounios (my wife) and I wrote the cover story about the science of insight (i.e., the "Aha! moment") for the March issue of @sciam which is available now. #ahamoment #insight #creativity static.scientificamerican.com/dam/m/4da289...
- Yvette Kounios (my wife) and I wrote the cover story about the science of insight (i.e., the "Aha! moment") for the March issue of @sciam which is available now. #ahamoment #insight #creativity static.scientificamerican.com/dam/m/4da289...
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- A.I. Isn’t Genius. We Are. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...
- People who are good at reading have different brains theconversation.com/people-who-a... via @ConversationUK
- We can now accurately and reliably estimate a person's brain age with a few minutes of resting-state EEG recorded with a low-cost EEG headset.
- Exactly! My wife loves this and got me to watch it with her over the summer. Brilliant. Happy Thanksgiving.
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