Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Anna Abraham is a psychologist and neuroscientist who investigates the science of creativity and how we can optimize this key trait. She’s also a leading scholar on the study of human imagination.
On this episode, we discuss the key ingredients of a creative mind, how to become more creative, and how the brain can tell the difference between real and imaginary worlds.
For the full list of FitMind Podcast episodes, visit fitmind.com/podcast.
ABOUT FITMIND
FitMind provides mental fitness training based on the latest neuroscience. We created a mobile app that teaches 50+ science-based methods adapted from various traditions (i.e., Loving-kindness, Stoicism, Yoga, Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism, Indo-Tibetan Bön, etc.). Check it out here: bit.ly/fitmindtraining
Website: fitmind.com
Podcast: pod.link/fitmind
Instagram: bit.ly/IGfitmind
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Anna Abraham, PhD
1:39 | Imagination More Important Than Knowledge?
5:04 | Imagination Defined
8:28 | How We Experience Real vs. Imaginary Worlds
16:55 | Fiction Crossing Into Reality
23:18 | Overlap of Memory & Imagination
30:43 | Ingredients of a Creative Mind
42:53 | Ways to Build Creativity
50:19 | Creativity in Schools
53:08 | Predictors of Creativity
62:48 | Rapid Fire Questions
Dr. Anna Abraham is a psychologist and neuroscientist who investigates the science of creativity and how we can optimize this key trait. She’s also a leading scholar on the study of human imagination.
On this episode, we discuss the key ingredients of a creative mind, how to become more creative, and how the brain can tell the difference between real and imaginary worlds.
For the full list of FitMind Podcast episodes, visit fitmind.com/podcast.
ABOUT FITMIND
FitMind provides mental fitness training based on the latest neuroscience. We created a mobile app that teaches 50+ science-based methods adapted from various traditions (i.e., Loving-kindness, Stoicism, Yoga, Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism, Indo-Tibetan Bön, etc.). Check it out here: bit.ly/fitmindtraining
Website: fitmind.com
Podcast: pod.link/fitmind
Instagram: bit.ly/IGfitmind
SHOW NOTES
0:00 | Intro to Anna Abraham, PhD
1:39 | Imagination More Important Than Knowledge?
5:04 | Imagination Defined
8:28 | How We Experience Real vs. Imaginary Worlds
16:55 | Fiction Crossing Into Reality
23:18 | Overlap of Memory & Imagination
30:43 | Ingredients of a Creative Mind
42:53 | Ways to Build Creativity
50:19 | Creativity in Schools
53:08 | Predictors of Creativity
62:48 | Rapid Fire Questions
