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Investigating the imaginative part of the human brain

Investigating the imaginative part of the human brain

Update: 2025-10-16
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People have spent decades trying to find a way to measure the dimension of imagination. University of Arizona neuroscientist Jessica Andrews-Hanna discusses what happens in our brains when we find ourselves lost in thought, or when we develop brand new ideas. Jessica Andrews-Hanna spoke with Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D. Regent's professor emerita in Neuroscience at the University of Arizona.
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Investigating the imaginative part of the human brain

Investigating the imaginative part of the human brain