The creative side of science | Verena Gautsch | TEDxInnsbruck

Verena Gautsch, a Neuro- and Cancer Scientist working on her PhD at the University of Cambridge, argues that art and neuroscience share more common ground than often assumed. In this TEDxInnsbruck talk, she explains that the key difference lies less in the perspective a person brings and more in the questions they are willing to ask and the experiments that follow. She frames this as creative problem solving.

• Creative problem solving shared by art and science
• Asking questions and designing experiments as the core approach
• Insights from a PhD researcher in neuroscience and cancer
• Presented at an independently organized TEDx event

What is the difference between art and neuroscience? For Verena, it is not the perspective you bring but the questions you are willing to ask, and the experiments that follow. That is creative problem solving, and the two fields have more in common than you might think. She is working as ob her PhD as Neuro- & Cancer Scientist at the University of Cambridge and tells us her insights about Creative Problem Solving. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx