Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity
The world's leading professional society of neuroscientists, psychologists, and practitioners of creativity, advancing the science of creativity together. tsfnc.org
- ⏰ Countdown for Abstract & Award Submissions: T - 10 days! We invite abstracts for talks, posters, and symposia on any aspect of the neural, cognitive, and behavioral basis of creativity. Learn more about our areas of interest and submit by 2/15: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-sub...
- New open-access in CRJ! 🎶 Study of ~500 musically trained listeners finds an inverted U between melodic (Lempel–Ziv) complexity and creativity ratings. Expertise shaped judgments; openness didn’t—new implications for quantitatively measuring musical creativity. doi.org/10.1080/1040...
- 🔔Deadline Extended!🔔 We have extended the submission deadline for abstracts and award nominations to February 15. We hope to see you in Philadelphia! Submit an abstract: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-sub... Nominate for an award: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-sub...
- SfNC 2026: Why Philadelphia? (Besides the Cheesesteaks) 🧠 The duality of Philadelphia makes it the perfect backdrop for SfNC 2026. It's never stopped experimenting and welcomes the bold alongside the historic. ⏰ Remember abstract submissions are open until 2/1: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-sub...
- Reminder: Apply or Nominate someone for the 2026 SfNC Awards! Deadline - Feb. 1st ⏰ SfNC is proud to offer three annual awards recognizing outstanding contributions to creativity research. Winners receive a cash prize and are invited to present their work. Details here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc-awards
- We are thrilled to announce our 2026 keynote speakers for SfNC Liberty to Create—leaders in the empirical study of aesthetic experience, artistic production, and appreciation. Have you participated in a successful artist–researcher collaboration? Submit an abstract—we want to hear from you!
- 2026 demands a certain type of creativity - one that lives at the edges and doesn’t neatly map onto “positive” outcomes. That is exactly what we will be exploring at SfNC 2026. Abstract submissions and awards open until February 1. Apply here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-lib...
- 2026 SfNC Award Nominations Now Open! Nominations are now open for the 2026 SfNC Sarah A. Burgess, Young Investigator, and Dissertation awards. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2026. Details for each award and guidelines are available here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc-awards
- Exciting news: Abstract submissions for SfNC2026 are now open! This year, we are accepting both scientific abstracts and artist presentations. We encourage our greater community to submit and join us this June. Learn more about guidelines and requirements here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc2026-sub...
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- Over the past few years, our community has experienced remarkable growth. Did you know our membership, conference attendance, and content subscriptions have more than doubled? 🚀 So, thank you - our members make everything we do possible. New to SfNC? Learn more: www.tsfnc.org/become-a-mem...
- It's almost time to apply or nominate someone for the 2026 SfNC Awards! Each year, the Sarah A. Burgess Award, the Young Investigator Award, and the Dissertation Award are presented to outstanding members of our community. Applications open on 12/15/25. Learn more here: www.tsfnc.org/sfnc-awards
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- 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...
- Reposted by Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity🎶 New paper 🚨: Perceiving Creativity in Novel Musical Sequences: An EEG Study. Using a sequencer in the non-traditional Bohlen Pierce Scale, we show that perceived creativity correlates with EEG neural synchronization at the note rate and harmonics, and with sequence-level information metrics
- 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. 💙
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- We spy some familiar faces to the SfNC community in this week's New York Times Creativity Challenge! Check out these short daily creativity exercises to flex those divergent thinking muscles @jamesckaufman.bsky.social @z-i-pringle.bsky.social @roger-beaty.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- So well deserved, @karenchanbarrett.bsky.social !!! We'll see you soon ❤️🧠🎶
- ICYMI: SfNC. 2026. Philly. See you there 😎
- 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
- Last talk about neuromodulation before we come to closing remarks for #SfNC2025
- Great session about Affective and Physiological 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
- Beautiful panel on creativity in education
- Next keynote on the development of creativity looking at how children and adolescence think creatively by Mathieu Cassotti
- Our first keynote of the day by Andreas Fink about 50 years of the Neuroscience of Creativity on the 10th anniversary of #SfNC2025
- See you all tomorrow in Auditorium D (NOT E!) for more creativity science. Bonne nuit 😴
- First talk of Empirical Advances in the 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
- Don’t worry all #SfNC2025 session are recorded and will be posted to all members on our site!
- Starting a session on novel methods and perspectives!!
- We have been enjoying this morning's sessions so much!!! Stay tuned for more this afternoon.
