John Kounios
Psychology professor and neuroscientist
John Kounios is a professor of psychology at Drexel University who studies the brain basis of insight and creativity. He wrote The Eureka Factor with Mark Beeman.
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About John Kounios
John Kounios, PhD, is a professor of psychology. He leads the doctoral program in Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences at Drexel University. His cognitive neuroscience research covers insight, creativity, problem solving, memory and Alzheimer's disease. His research has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, and he serves on advisory panels for the National Science Foundation. He holds Fellow status in both the Association for Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society. His work on insight has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio, and in a BBC Television documentary. He wrote The Eureka Factor with coauthor Mark Beeman. The New Yorker profiled their joint work, and it forms part of an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.