Andrea Kuszewski

Andrea Kuszewski, an Affiliate Scholar of the IEET, lives in San Francisco and works as a researcher and manager with VORTEX Research Group, investigating the neuro-cognitive factors behind human behavior. This includes topics such as creativity, intelligence, sociopathy, and x-altruism. She has published papers on the neuroscience of creativity, intelligence, and the analysis of illegal behavior and the creative rule-breaking process. 

As well as being a researcher of creativity, she is herself a fine artist and has been trained in various visual communication medium, ranging from traditional drawing to digital painting, graphic design, and 3D modeling and animation for the medical and behavioral sciences. Andrea is also a popular and widely published science writer and a science communication activist, writing for Scientific American, Discover Mag, Qualcomm Spark, WIRED UK, and others. Her blog, The Rogue Neuron, addresses a variety of current science topics, but is mainly focused on cognitive neuroscience and psychology.

Andrea’s current research focus is morality and heroism, or extreme altruism (x-altruism). She is investigating not only the altruistic personality, but also how to enhance and encourage these behaviors through early intervention in emotion regulation, cognitive control and resilience training.

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Articles

"Prominent Gamifiers: Andrea Kuszewski on the Science of Gamification and Motivation"   gamification.co  Mar 21, 2013

"Say No to Pot, and Say Yes to Cognitive Enhancement"   Ethical Technology  Jan 16, 2013

"#14 Solutions For A Creativity Crisis: A Look At Cuba’s Technological Disobedience"   Rogue Neuron  Dec 18, 2012

"The Power of Science Narrative to Teach, Excite, and Inspire Action: SlideShare"   Ethical Technology  Dec 12, 2012

"Live-Blogging the Afternoon of Day Two of Humanity+ San Francisco"   Ethical Technology  Dec 2, 2012

"Live-Blogging the Morning of Day Two of Humanity+ San Francisco"   Ethical Technology  Dec 2, 2012

"Your Brain on Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives"   Rogue Neuron  Nov 2, 2012

"Who’s Afraid of the Neuroscience of Politics?"   The Intersection  May 14, 2012

"The Science Of Pleasure: Part One- The Allure Of Asymmetry"   Rogue Neuron  Mar 3, 2012

"Where Human Brains Far Surpass Computers"   I, Robopsychologist  Feb 22, 2012

"Why Robots Need Psychologists"   Discover Magazine  Feb 15, 2012

"A New School Of Thought"   Rogue Neuron  Feb 1, 2012

"Solutions For A Creativity Crisis: A Look At Cuba’s Technological Disobedience"   Rogue Neuron  Jan 27, 2012

"The Neuroscience Of Creativity And Insight—The Good, The Bad, & The Absolutely Ridiculous"   The Rogue Neuron  Jan 18, 2012

"#1: Increase Your Intelligence: Five ways to maximize your cognitive potential"   Scientific American  Dec 31, 2011

"Citizen Scientist 2.0"   The Rogue Neuron  Oct 20, 2011

"Your Brain on Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives"   The Intersection  Oct 7, 2011

"Increase Your Intelligence: Five ways to maximize your cognitive potential"   Scientific American  Jul 20, 2011

"The Educational Value of Creative Disobedience"   Scientific American  Jul 10, 2011

"Could Chess-Boxing Defuse Aggression?"   Scientific American  Mar 3, 2011

"Science Through Stories: Allowing The Rediscovery Of Wonder"   The Rogue Neuron  Feb 5, 2011

"#12: Sex Makes You Smarter — Can ‘Virtual Sex’ Do The Same?"   Ethical Technology  Dec 20, 2010

"Hey, Barbie — Show Me The Science!"   The Rogue Neuron  Dec 18, 2010

"#31: Your Brain On Sexual Imagery"   Ethical Technology  Dec 1, 2010

"The Sexing Up Of Science (I’m Coming Out! And So Can You!)"   The Rogue Neuron  Nov 24, 2010

"The Essential Psychopathology Of Creativity"   The Rogue Neuron  Sep 28, 2010

"Solutions for a Creativity Crisis: Technological Disobedience"   The Rogue Neuron  Sep 23, 2010

"The Neurological Orgasm"   The Rogue Neuron  Aug 28, 2010

"Your Brain On Sexual Imagery"   The Rogue Neuron  Aug 17, 2010

"Sex Makes You Smarter — Can ‘Virtual Sex’ Do The Same?"   The Rogue Neuron  Jul 23, 2010

"The 2010 H+ Summit: Conference 2.0"   The Rogue Neuron  Jun 21, 2010

"Autism And Vaccines: Why People Still Believe The Hype"   The Rogue Neuron  Mar 19, 2010

"Are atheists and liberals more “intelligent”?"   The Rogue Neuron  Mar 9, 2010

"The Next Decade of Science: Transdisciplinary Collaboration"   The Rogue Neuron  Feb 17, 2010

"Creativity: A Crime Of Passion"   The Rogue Neuron  Dec 17, 2009

"We Perform Best When No One Tells Us What To Do"   The Rogue Neuron  Nov 28, 2009

"Addicted To Being Good? The Psychopathology of Heroism"   The Rogue Neuron  Nov 17, 2009

"Does Super-High IQ = Super-Low Common Sense?"   The Rogue Neuron  Oct 16, 2009