Researchers at the Karolinska Institute's department of women's and children's health in Stockholm have proven a link between creativity and schizophrenia. They studied the brain and the dopamine D2 receptors and discovered that the dopamine system of healthy, highly creative people mirrors that found in people with schizophrenia.

Specifically: highly creative people had a lower density of D2 receptors in the thalamus than less creative people and people with schizophrenia are also known to...