The creative ability of the human brain represents the highest cognitive reach of 3.8 billion years of evolution. Human creativity has widely recognized value for learning and practice in the arts and sciences, and as a driver of the modern innovation economy. Because creativity has such broad and diverse impacts, the neuroscience of creativity is being pursued by a diverse set of researchers. SfNC aims to establish an inclusive community of scholars and educators seeking to understand and actively leverage the neural mechanisms that support creative thinking, teaching, and learning. 

The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) seeks to foster advances in all areas of creativity research and to provide a forum for communicating this research so that it has maximal impacts for innovation, education, health, industry, policy making, and the arts. SfNC’s vision extends from areas of focus on neural and cognitive bases of creativity to all influences, contexts, applications, and outcomes of creative processes in individuals, organizations, artificial intelligence, and social systems.

Our members include academic researchers, artists, creative professionals, as well as practitioners in industry and education. We encourage you to join us by becoming a member today.

For any questions about SfNC, please contact us or email tsfnc.org@gmail.com.

SfNC Leadership at SfNC2024: Creativity & Design in Toronto, Canada

Christine Chesebrough

Organizing Committee Co-Chair

Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health

Hannah Merseal

Organizing Committee Co-Chair

Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania

Clin Lai

Operations Coordinator

Pennsylvania State University

Isabella Bobrow

Director of Venue & Logistics

Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania

Anaelle Camarda

Director of Attendee Experience (Venue)

LaPea - Université de Paris; Institut Supérieur Maria Montessori

Paul DiStefano

Director of Technology (Venue)

Pennsylvania State University

Simon Ceh

Director of Communications

University of Graz

Katina Bajaj

Director of External Outreach

Daydreamers

Natasha Mason

Co-Director of Registration

Maastricht University

Yuhua Yu

Co-Director of Registration

University of Arizona

Marcela Ovando-Tellez

Director of Sponsorship

Paris Brain Institute (ICM)

Mafalda Cardoso-Botelho Peña

Director of Design & Branding

Georgetown University

Special Officers

David Beversdorf (Treasurer and Director of Clinical Translation), University of Missouri

James C. Kaufman (Director of Merit and Recognition), University of Connecticut

David Kraemer (Director of Education), Dartmouth College.

Psyche Loui (Director of Equity and Inclusivity), University of California, Berkeley

Manish Saggar (Director of NeuroDesign Science), Stanford University

Advisory Board

Teresa Amabile, Harvard University

Mark Beeman, Northwestern University

Robert Bilder, UCLA

Alison Gopnik, University of California, Berkeley

Keith Holyoak, UCLA

John Kounios, Drexel University

Daniel Schacter, Harvard University