Scientists search for source of creativity: Calling it a 'right
brain' phenomenon is too simple, researchers say It takes two to
tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. USC researchers
are working to pin down the exact source of creativity in the
brain and have found that the left hemisphere of your brain,
thought to be the logic and math portion, actually plays a
critical role in creative thinking. "We want to know: how does
creativity work in the brain?" said Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, assistant
professor of neuroscience at the USC Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences. If you paint or sculpt, you may
think of yourself as right-brained. The right hemisphere of your
brain is often thought to be the creative half, while the left
is thought to be the rational, logical side. But a new study
from a team led by Aziz-Zadeh demonstrates that while the right
half of your brain performs the bulk of the heavy lifting when
you're being creative, it does call for help from the left half
of your brain. The study, w