Anna Abraham

Director
Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development
E. Paul Torrance Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Professor
Neuroscience Program, Integrated Life Sciences
Faculty Fellow
Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Areas of Expertise

Creativity
Imagination
Reality-fiction distinction
Mental time travel
Mental state reasoning
Self-referential thinking
Social cognition & behavior
Neurophilosophy
Aesthetic experience

Interests

Neuroscience of creativity (e.g., fMRI; EEG/ERP; neuropsychology)
Psychology of creativity (e.g., cognition; development across lifespan; personality)
Cross-disciplinary study of the imagination (aesthetics, imagery, intentionality, altered states)
Theoretical examinations of creativity and imagination

Concentrations

Education

PhD in Neuroscience
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
MSc in Psychology
University of Essex, UK
BA (Honours) in Psychology
Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India

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Contact

Aderhold Hall, Room 123D

@the_imagine_lab

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http://www.anna-abraham.com/

Research Summary

Professor Abraham studies the psychological and neurophysiological basis of creativity and other aspects of the human imagination. Her educational and professional training has been within the disciplines of psychology and neuroscience. She has worked across a diverse range of academic institutions and departments the world over, all of which have informed her multidisciplinary and cross-cultural focus.

Within the Department of Educational Psychology at UGA, Professor Abraham serves as a primary faculty member in the Applied Cognition & Development program (ACD) and as an affiliated faculty member in the School Psychology program (SPY) and the Gifted & Creative Education program (GCE). She advises graduate students across all three programs.

Research@UGA

Professor Abraham directs the CREATIVITY & IMAGINATION LAB at UGA. More detailed information on research projects and opportunities can be found within the lab webpage. For current updates on Professor Abraham’s research activities, please visit her personal website.