The Institute for Creativity Research (ICR) was founded in 1995 as a semi-independent research center for studying and affecting how the brain produces original thought. The ICR is housed within the Russia

Russia

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n research center Psychotechnology Research Institute in Moscow

Moscow

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Headed by the Swedish neuropsychologist Lars Ericksson since 1997, the ICR bases its research on transcranial magnetic stimulation

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive method to cause depolarization or hyperpolarization in the neurons of the brain...

methods. The ICR is notable for having developed an electromagnetic stimulation capprototype to increase the brain's creative capabilities.