The creative ability of the human brain represents the highest cognitive reach of 3.8 billion years of evolution. Human creativity has widely recognized value for learning and practice in the arts and sciences, and as a driver of the modern innovation economy. Because creativity has such broad and diverse impacts, the neuroscience of creativity is being pursued by a diverse set of researchers. SfNC aims to establish an inclusive community of scholars and educators seeking to understand and actively leverage the neural mechanisms that support creative thinking, teaching, and learning. 

The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) seeks to foster advances in all areas of creativity research and to provide a forum for communicating this research so that it has maximal impacts for innovation, education, health, industry, policy making, and the arts. SfNC’s vision extends from areas of focus on neural and cognitive bases of creativity to all influences, contexts, applications, and outcomes of creative processes in individuals, organizations, artificial intelligence, and social systems.

Our members include academic researchers, artists, creative professionals, as well as practitioners in industry and education. We encourage you to join us by becoming a member today.

For any questions about SfNC, please contact us or email tsfnc.org@gmail.com.

Advisory Board

Teresa Amabile, Harvard University

Mark Beeman, Northwestern University

Robert Bilder, UCLA

Alison Gopnik, University of California, Berkeley

Keith Holyoak, UCLA

John Kounios, Drexel University

Daniel Schacter, Harvard University

Organizing Committee

Kristin Sanders (Organizing Committee Co-Chair), University of Notre Dame

Natasha Mason (Organizing Committee Co-Chair), Maastricht University

Christine Chesebrough (Director of Marketing and Communications), Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Hannah Merseal (Director of Communications, Events), Penn State University

Will Orwig (Director of Presenter Relations), Harvard University

Anaelle Camarda (Director of Registration), Maria Montessori Higher Institute / LaPEA -Paris-Cité University

Marcela Ovando-Tellez (Director of Sponsorship), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives Bordeaux

Joshua Upshaw (Director of Venue), University of Arkansas

Special Officers

David Beversdorf (Treasurer and Director of Clinical Translation), University of Missouri

James C. Kaufman (Director of Merit and Recognition), University of Connecticut

David Kraemer (Director of Education), Dartmouth College.

Psyche Loui (Director of Equity and Inclusivity), University of California, Berkeley

Manish Saggar (Director of NeuroDesign Science), Stanford University

Digital Curation Committee

Simone Luchini, Pennsylvania State University

Clin Lai, Pennsylvania State University

Mafalda Cardoso-Botelho Peña, Georgetown University

Kim Awa, University of Arkansas

James Lloyd-Cox, Goldsmiths University

Staff

Shuyao Wang, (Administrative Assistant to the President), Drexel University