Director
Professor
Allan Snyder
Millennium
Fellow
Nelson
Mandela
Foundation
Fellow
Dr
Oliver Sacks
Foundation
Sponsor
News
Limited
Distinguished
Fellows
Sir
Richard Branson
Prof Daniel Dennett
Prof VS Ramachandran
Prof Horace Barlow
Executive
Board
Chair:
Dr Michael Spence
Phillip Adams
Andrew
Banks
Prof Peter Baume (1999-2006)
David Clarke
Prof Peter Doherty
Dr Allan Hawke
Prof Peter Karmel (1997-1999)
Janine Kirk (1999-2007)
Baz Luhrmann
Rod McGeoch (1997-2003)
Lachlan Murdoch (1997-2001)
Prof Allan Snyder
Advisory
Council
David Armstrong
Sean Barrett
Paul Batchelor
Marcus St John-Dawe
Fiona Hall
The Hon. Barry Jones
Poppy King
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Tan Le
Sam Lipski
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“The research being undertaken by
Professor Snyder … has the potential to
benefit future generations by assisting them to
harness their full creative capacity.” John
Howard, Prime Minister 1996
- 2007
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Who We Are
A daring venture into the mind. Nelson Mandela is
our Millennium Fellow. Dr Oliver Sacks is our Foundation
Fellow. Richard Branson is our most recent Distinguished
Fellow.
We have been mentored by
creative and influential minds: Lachlan Murdoch, film
icon Baz Luhrmann, Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty, national
treasure Phillip Adams and corporate giants Andrew
Banks and David Clarke. The Centre’s Director,
Allan Snyder, is profiled in the media as “a
wizard” - “epitomising the creative mind”. |
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What We Do
We explore what it is to be uniquely
human. We do this by investing in challenging research,
by orchestrating spectacular intellectual events,
and by acting as a global nexus for great minds. Our
mind laboratories focus on scientific ways to enhance
creativity and to instill the champion mindset. |
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Discoveries
Our tantalising finding that everyone possesses nonconscious
skills, and that these skills can be switched on with
magnetic brain stimulation, challenges conventional
views about creativity. Hailed by the prestigious
scientific journal Nature as offering “startling
insights”, this pioneering research into creativity
has captured worldwide attention. Our Penguin book
What Makes A Champion! distils the universal
ingredients of extraordinary success. |
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Tony Blair and Allan Snyder
Richard Branson presented the 2003 Fellow Address
on ‘Creativity and Championship’.
The Dalai Lama engaged elite scientists at the exhilarating
Mind Science 2002 Forum.
Field's Medallist Terry Tao and David Helfgott,
immortalised in the movie Shine, joined
a cast of extraordinary talent for our Geniuses,
Prodigies and Savants event. |
Spectacular Events
Nelson Mandela led 50 champions from all walks
of life at our unique event What Makes A Champion?
on the eve of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Tony Blair opened the second forum, designated
an official Olympic Cultural Event, at the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games.
Allan Snyder & the founders
of Google,
Larry Page and Sergey Brin |
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Global Impact
The Centre for the Mind is a powerful brand! We are
featured in The New York Times, The Times of
London, Financial Times, BBC, CNN, NBC, ABC
(USA) and Discovery Channel.
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Want to know more about what we do?
Watch our video here.
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