A number of creativity consultants suggest that one way to develop creativity is to engage in humor and playfulness; they even suggest playing games. What is the rationale for these suggestions?

a) Creativity occurs only when one is able to regress to an early stage of development.
b) Humor and playfulness help us form new associations that can be the basis of creative works.
c) Managers have to convince employees that working toward creative solutions can be fun as well as profitable.
d) The origins of most creative solutions can be found in long group meetings, and the only way to entice people into marathon sessions is to entertain them.

B

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Twenty weeks after conception, the cerebral cortex has around 80 billion neurons. Neurons continue to form at this point,

A) and double by adulthood. B) and quadruple by adulthood. C) and triple by adulthood. D) but then the brain loses about as many as it gets.

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