(单词翻译:单击)
The accepted definition of creativity is production of something original and useful,
对创造力的公认解释是：创造一些原创的和有用的东西，
and it is commonly thought that creativity occurs on the right side of the brain,
人们通常认为创造力的产出归功于右脑，
and the arts play an important role in enhancing it.
并且艺术有助于极大地提升创造力。
But according to a new research, creativity isn't about freedom from concrete facts.
但根据一项新的研究表明，创造力并不能脱离具体事实自由创造。
Rather, fact-finding is vital in the creative process.
相反，在创作的过程中事实的发现是至关重要的，
It's the result of both sides of your brain working together.
是左脑和右脑相互协作的结果。
To understand this. we need to take a look at what leads to creativity.
要想理解这一点，我们就要看看创造力产生的过程。
When you try to solve a problem, you begin by concentrating on obvious facts and familiar solutions to see if the answer lies there.
当你试图解决一个问题时，你首先关注的便是摆在眼前的事实依据和通常的解决方案，然后以此来寻找解决问题的办法。
This is done mostly by the left side. However, if the answer doesn't come, the right and left sides of the brain activate together.
这主要是靠左脑来完成的。但是，如果之后你还没有找到解决办法，那么左右脑就会同时被激活。
The right side scans remote memories that could be vaguely relevant.
右脑负责扫描有模糊关联的远程记忆。
A wide range of distant information that is normally ignored becomes available to the left side.
左脑负责获取通常会被忽略的大范围的远程信息。
Then the left side catches whatever connection it may have with the problem, and quickly locks in on it before it escapes.
然后左脑再负责捕获可能会与问题有关的任何连接并在它逃走之前迅速锁定它。
With extremely focused attention, the brain quickly pulls together these pieces of thought and combines them into a new single idea,
随着注意力的高度集中，大脑会迅速将这些零散的想法整合成一个新的想法，
as the brain recognizes the originality of what it has come up with, a sense of pleasure will arise.
当大脑分辨出自己产出的创造力时，一种愉悦感会油然而生。
