Summary: Please join me as I welcome Dr. Anthony McCaffrey to the 3/13/12 broadcast of The Healthy Mind. On this week's show, we discuss the secrets of creativity. Dr. McCaffrey is a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is one of the nation's leading researchers with regards to creativity. He discusses some of the barriers we all face in trying to be more creative and "think outside the box". He also shares with us a technique he has developed to train ourselves to be more creative. His new theory, called the "Obscure Features Hypothesis", is gaining prominence in the scientific community and has been featured in national media. Join us for a fascinating discussion on how the creative mind really works! For more information on creativity research and methods, you can reach Dr. McCaffrey at: amccaffr@psych.umass.edu
