Opinion | Your Brain on Fiction (Published 2012)
They noticed, for example, that during brainstorming sessions, novice writers activated visual centers of their brains (as if "seeing” a scene), while experienced writers activated speech centers (as if “narrating” a scene). The novices were likely seeing a movie in their heads, while the writers’ inner voices were already using words to narra
... See moreSusan Reynolds • Fire Up Your Writing Brain
Neuroscientists are building a powerful case that metaphor is far more important to human cognition than has ever been imagined. Many argue it’s the fundamental way that brains understand abstract concepts, such as love, joy, society and economy. It’s simply not possible to comprehend these ideas in any useful sense, then, without attaching them to... See more