CREATIVITY, Sundararaju Madri.

Creativity             The term 'creativity' refers to mental processes that lead to solutions, ideas, concepts, artistic expression, theories or products that are unique and novel. Because it is such a diverse subject in which there are so many different ways in which creativity manifest itself and because in so many people it is to a great extent unexplored, creativity is very difficult to measure. The creative functions are controlled by the right-hand hemisphere of human brain. This is the side of the brain that is underused by the majority of people as opposed to the thought processes of the left-hand hemisphere, which is characterized by order, sequence and logic. If we were to remove a brain from the skull we would see that it is made up of two almost identical hemispheres. These two are hemispheres are connected by a bridge, or interface, of millions of nerve fibers called the corpus callous, which allows them to communicate with each other. In order to work to its full potential, each of these hemispheres must be capable of analyzing its own input first, only exchanging information with the other half, by means of the interface, when a considerable amount of processing has taken place.             In the 1960c American Psychologist Roger Sperry showed by a series of experiments, 1st using animals whose corpus callosum had been served in an attempt to cure epilepsy, each of the two hemispheres has developed specialized functions and has its own private sensations, perceptions, ideas and thoughts, all separate from the opposite hemisphere. He won the noble prize in 1961 in medicine for his work in this area. His team members were much happier. Two hemispheres were specialized to perform different tasks. For most people the left side of the brain is analytical and functions in a sequential and logical fashion. This is side that control language academic studies and rationality. On the other hand, the right side is creative and intuitive and leads, for the example…to the birth of ideas for works of art and music. Because it is so unpressured, it is in a young a child that the mind is at its most creative as the child instinctively sues both hemispheres of the brain, and learns an enormous amount of information and skills during these early years without for training.