{"id":112,"date":"2014-02-08T01:07:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T06:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/informed2learn\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2014-02-19T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T19:09:20","slug":"discovery-events-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/informed2learn\/personal-learning-environments\/creativity-design-process\/discovery-events-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery events&#038;activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Enhancing Creative Imagination<\/strong> \u2013 Dr. Jim Davies<\/p>\n<p>Friday February 28 \u2013 noon- 12:45pm \u2013 Multimedia Room \u2013 Discovery Centre \u2013 MacOdrum Library<\/p>\n<p>Studies show that people tend to not be particularly creative. What can be done to enhance people&#8217;s creativity? Are more creative things better?<\/p>\n<p>Jim Davies is an associate professor in the Institute of Cognitive\u00a0Science at Carleton University. Director of the Science of Imagination\u00a0Laboratory, he explores processes of visualization in humans and\u00a0machines and specializes in artificial intelligence, analogy,\u00a0problem-solving, visual\u00a0analytics, artistic compellingness and\u00a0creativity. His work has shown how people use visual \u00a0 thinking to solve\u00a0problems, and how they visualize imagined situations and worlds.\u00a0In his spare\u00a0time, he is a published poet, an\u00a0internationally-produced playwright, and a professional\u00a0painter,\u00a0calligrapher, and swing dancer.<\/p>\n<p><i>Upcoming publication (August 2014):<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us\u00a0Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and\u00a0Religion\u00a0Makes Us Feel One with the Universe.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To follow Dr. Jim Davies on Psychology Today<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-science-imagination\">http:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-science-imagination<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhancing Creative Imagination \u2013 Dr. Jim Davies Friday February 28 \u2013 noon- 12:45pm \u2013 Multimedia Room \u2013 Discovery Centre \u2013 MacOdrum Library Studies show that people tend to not be particularly creative. 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