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Scientists are using some strange techniques in an effort to work out how moments of creativity come into the human brain. They have come up with a series of puzzles and brainteasers to draw out our creative behaviour, while the very latest neuroimaging technology means rthey can actually look inside our brains and witness the creative spark as it happens.

Today, scientists are using some unusual techniques to try to work out how these moments of creativity - whether big, small or life-changing - come about. They have devised a series of puzzles and brainteasers to draw out our creative behaviour, while the very latest neuroimaging technology means researchers can actually peer inside our brains and witness the creative spark as it happens. What they are discovering could have the power to make every one of us more creative.

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