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What happens in the brain when we are inspired?

Professor of neuroscience Paul Howard-Jones explains what it means to be a left-brained or right-brained person, and uncovers what exactly happens inside our heads when we are being creative.

Part of the Front Row Inspire season, with Kirsty Lang.

6 minutes

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Front RowBSO Resound at the Proms, Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Creativity and the brain, Melissa Harrison

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