What is Imagination?
from Imaginology Hosted by Deena Weisberg
Why do we cry at movies that we know are fictional? What do children's pretend games have in common with novelists' characters, or with war games run by government analysts? And is imagination really the same thing as creativity? In this first episode of Imaginology, host Deena Weisberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Villanova University, explains what imagination is, what it isn't, and why the line between imagination and reality is blurrier than we might think. She also previews the season ahead: conversations with psychologists, philosophers, writers, actors, and therapists, including Andrew Shtulman, PhD, on why children aren't as creative as we assume, and Star Trek's Q (John de Lancie) on the power of theater.
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