Speaker

Dr. Indre Viskontas, MM, PhD, is a neuroscientist, musician, and leader at the intersection of the arts, creativity, and the brain. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Creative Brain Lab at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Viskontas has published more than 50 scientific papers and chapters on the neural basis of memory and creativity and currently serves as President of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity.  She is the Chief Science Officer at Reverberation, a company co-founded by musician Peter Gabriel, with a mission of helping everyone do everything better with music.  She has written and filmed over 100 lectures, currently streaming on The Great Courses Plus and One Day University; hosted several TV shows; and produced more than 450 podcast episodes, with more than 15 million downloads.  ‘Dr Dre’ has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, PBS NewsHour, and major radio stations across the US and internationally. Her first book, How Music Can Make You Better, was published by Chronicle and, within a week, became an Amazon bestseller; her second book is currently under contract with Flat Iron Press at MacMillan for release in 2027.  She has also recently created a LinkedIn Learning course titled Building Creativity from the Brain Up, which has been viewed by more than 25,000 professionals.

https://www.indreviskontas.com/

Podcast Enquiring Minds

Podcast Cadence - What Music Can Tell Us About the Mind