Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus, director of New York University’s Center for Language and Music

Gary Marcus: Defining creativity

Creativity is almost always associated with the arts, but Gary Marcus tells us how creativity takes on different forms in all aspects of life.

Gary Marcus: Defining creativity
MRI of the brain

Gary Marcus: Enhancing creativity

Gary Marcus: Enhancing creativity
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Gary Marcus: Defining Creativity

Gary Marcus: Defining Creativity
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Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity

Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity

Mapping the Brain to Better Understand Ourselves

Mapping the Brain to Better Understand Ourselves

NYU researcher doubts science can contribute to understanding creativity

Creativity is hard to define. And Gary Marcus of New York University says its equally hard to measure. He says creativity is different in each individual.

NYU researcher doubts science can contribute to understanding creativity
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Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity

Gary Marcus, who directs New York University's Center for Language and Music, talks with Kurt Andersen about scientific efforts to find and describe creativity.

Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity
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Gary Marcus

Faith talks to NYU psychologist Gary Marcus about why he thinks the brain is more a cobbled-together product of evolutionary tinkering than some ideal natural design, as explained in his new book "Kluge."

Gary Marcus