Popova, Maria. "The Relationship Between Creativity and Mental Illness." Brain Pickings. Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, 21 July 2014. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.
In the article “The Relationship between Creativity and Mental Illness”, author Maria Popova discusses the science behind the creative mind and how it relates to mental illness, more specifically the “tortured genius” myth. She talks about Nancy Andreasen and her work on the topic as well. As a whole, Popova seems to agree with Andreasen’s work and takes the position that there is some sort of relationship between the two. Furthermore, Popova’s intended audience seems to be the public, more specifically towards those skeptic to the idea. She provides copious amounts of research to back up her claims. Such as Andreasen’s study of writers at the Iowa Writers’ workshop, where she discovered that “the majority of the writers described significant histories of mood disorder that met diagnostic criteria for either bipolar illness or unipolar depression”. Popova praises Andreasen’s work and her book, The Creating Mind: The Neuroscience of Genius, and seems to agree with what Andreasen discovered and what it meant. Moving forward, Popova’s position compared to the authors of my other sources is that she agrees, almost wholeheartedly, with the idea that …show more content…
It focuses on some of the brain activity used during creative processes and how similar it is the two the same brain activity in certain mental illnesses, such as manic depression and schizophrenia. Sussman’s specific position is that there is a connection between mental illness and creativity, and it can be scientifically proven, yet she brings up the argument of how do we treat the mental illness without completely dampening the creative process in a
In the article “The Relationship between Creativity and Mental Illness”, author Maria Popova discusses the science behind the creative mind and how it relates to mental illness, more specifically the “tortured genius” myth. She talks about Nancy Andreasen and her work on the topic as well. As a whole, Popova seems to agree with Andreasen’s work and takes the position that there is some sort of relationship between the two. Furthermore, Popova’s intended audience seems to be the public, more specifically towards those skeptic to the idea. She provides copious amounts of research to back up her claims. Such as Andreasen’s study of writers at the Iowa Writers’ workshop, where she discovered that “the majority of the writers described significant histories of mood disorder that met diagnostic criteria for either bipolar illness or unipolar depression”. Popova praises Andreasen’s work and her book, The Creating Mind: The Neuroscience of Genius, and seems to agree with what Andreasen discovered and what it meant. Moving forward, Popova’s position compared to the authors of my other sources is that she agrees, almost wholeheartedly, with the idea that …show more content…
It focuses on some of the brain activity used during creative processes and how similar it is the two the same brain activity in certain mental illnesses, such as manic depression and schizophrenia. Sussman’s specific position is that there is a connection between mental illness and creativity, and it can be scientifically proven, yet she brings up the argument of how do we treat the mental illness without completely dampening the creative process in a