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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · 10d

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Opinion | Too Many Dings and Beeps? Try Beethoven.

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Sep 5

@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-...

Scientific American Volume 34, Issue 3s

"The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’", "The Quest to Build a Truly Intelligent Machine Helps Us Learn about Our Own Intelligence", "Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences" and more

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...

Opinion | The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations!

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Conversation is rerunning their 2024 podcast episode about our research on the neuroscience of creative flow. #flowstate #flow youtu.be/C80jDmaPFNs?...

The secret ingredients for creative flow

YouTube video by The Conversation

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

What is flow state? Here’s the science behind top athletes' laser focus.

Flow state isn't just for top runners and creatives. Neuroscientists share how to tap into peak focus like a pro.

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Aug 16

The quest for #LLM based #AGI should take into consideration the fact that human natural general intelligence (#NGI) results from interaction of modules at various levels of abstraction and control. These maintain models of ground-truth reality and imagined worlds.

John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Opinion | I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jul 5

The jury is out. Just because a model can predict or mimic human responses in psych experiments doesn't mean that the model explains how people think. Cognitive psychologists have been grappling with model mimicry - that qualitatively different models can predict the same human data - for decades.

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 28

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 - WHYY

Psychologist John Kounios on our creative brain and those "eureka moments." Plus, how composer Jennifer Higdon channels her creativity into her music.

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 27

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...

Cracking the creativity code - WHYY

Psychologist John Kounios on our creative brain and those "eureka moments." Plus, how composer Jennifer Higdon channels her creativity into her music.

whyy.org

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 25

"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...

Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments

Experiences of insight come with a burst of brain activity — and a memory boost.

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 22

Christine Chesebrough: www.linkedin.com/in/christine...

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 11

Here's the doi: doi.org/10.1037/0096... But try this link: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?rep...

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 11

This has been known for a long time. Disappointing that they didn't cite Reber. d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/84032577/Imp...

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Nov 19

How old is your brain? youtu.be/6NodgGDiWB8?...

How Old Is Your Brain?

YouTube video by Drexel University

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Nov 19

Brain-age estimation with a low-cost EEG-headset: effectiveness and implications for large-scale screening and brain optimization www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

Frontiers | Brain-age estimation with a low-cost EEG-headset: effectiveness and implications for large-scale screening and brain optimization

Over time, pathological, genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors can age the brain and diminish its functional capabilities. While these factors can le...

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Jun 5

The Emperor will not be as forgiving as I am.

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · May 30

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...

Eureka! Disruptive Discussion with Creativity Expert, John Kounios - Defense Acquisition University

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · May 16

Having fun speaking at the Kellogg Marketing Leadership Summit. Great meeting!

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · May 14

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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Ben Wilbrink @benwilbrink.bsky.social · Apr 19

John Kounios, Yvette Kounios (March 2025). The wonder of insight. Scientific American, 20-27.
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Before I read this; I consciously used this by exploring my problem well before going to sleep... Often 'seeing' a solution in the morning. 'Aha-Erlebnis'

How ‘Aha! Moments’ Happen in the Brain and How to Invite Them In

What happens in your mind when insight strikes?

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Apr 23

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-...

Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?

The mythical sentry was depicted as thinking like a human and showing some human-like tendencies

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Apr 22

Quoted in article about AI and human intelligence in The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?

Recent research suggests our brain power is in decline. Is offloading our cognitive work to AI driving this trend?

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John Kounios @johnkounios.bsky.social · Apr 10

The Reverse Flynn Effect -- people are getting stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...

Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime

Maybe we’re just not good at thinking anymore.

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