Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman is a researcher, writer, professor, podcast host, and more, who specializes in the cognitive psychology of imagination and creativity. In 2013, he published
Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined, in which he outlines his
Theory of Personal Intelligence. More recently, Kaufman co-authored
Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind. Additionally, he is the scientific director of the Imagination Institute, and a researcher and psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared in
The Atlantic,
Psychology Today,
Harvard Business Review, and in a column called "
Beautiful Minds" for
Scientific American.