# How darkness influences imagination

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxVienna
- Speaker: Holley Moyes
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/holley_moyes_how_darkness_influences_imagination)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Are our thoughts different in the dark? Archaeologist Holley Moyes studies the ritual cave sites of the ancient Mayans and how darkness influences mythology and human thinking. In this evocative talk, she describes how humans have always sought darkness to transcend the ordinary and "find the divine within ourselves."

## Lectures

1. [How darkness influences imagination](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/holley_moyes_how_darkness_influences_imagination/578db9ea4200), 17 min (TED's player)