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Category Archives: Creativity
Empathy is the mother of invention: Emotion and cognition for creativity in the classroom
According to the age-old proverb from Plato’s Republic: necessity is the mother of invention, the main motivation for creating new discoveries is the need for them. However, as well as the necessity factor, we argue that a very important aspect … Continue reading
The Extended Theory of Cognitive Creativity
This edited volume focuses on the hypothesis that performativity is not a property confined to certain specific human skills, or to certain specific acts of language, nor an accidental enrichment due to creative intelligence. Instead, the executive and motor component … Continue reading
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Improving creativity performance by short-term meditation
Background: One form of meditation intervention, the integrative body-mind training (IBMT) has been shown to improve attention, reduce stress and change self-reports of mood. In this paper we examine whether short-term IBMT can improve performance related to creativity and determine … Continue reading
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Design Creativity
Design cognition is a human cognitive ability that is characterized by multi-faceted skills and competencies. This skill requires finding solutions for a vague problem, where the end point is not specified and the transformations from the problem state to the … Continue reading
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Applying the neuroscience of creativity to creativity training
This article investigates how neuroscience in general, and neuroscience of creativity in particular, can be used in teaching “applied creativity” and the usefulness of this approach to creativity training. The article is based on empirical data and our experiences from … Continue reading
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Distributed Creativity: How Collective Creations Emerge From Collaboration
Creativity is often considered to be a mental process that occurs within a person’s head. In this article, we analyze a group creative process: One that generates a creative product, but one in which no single participant’s contribution determines the … Continue reading
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Collective Creativity: Exploring Creativity in Social Network Development as Part of Organizational Learning
Creativity in organizations has become a key topic of organizational research. This work expands on existing research by exploring creativity in the dynamics of social networks. Collective creativity is introduced as a central part of organizational learning and seen as … Continue reading
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Mothers’ personality traits and the climate for creativity they build with their children
Parents’ attitudes, behaviors, and traits are significant predictors of their children’s creative ability. Not much is known, however, about intentional actions taken by parents to develop and support children’s creativity. Based on a literature review and a pilot study (Kwaśniewska … Continue reading
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Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century
Book – How can creative individuals and societies adapt to complex 21st-century conditions? Will civilizations thrive or collapse in the decades to come if they are not creative enough, or if they are too creative? Interest in these questions is … Continue reading
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Creativity, Design Thinking and Interdisciplinarity
Book – This book, at the crossroads of creativity, design and interdisciplinary studies, offers an overview of these major trends in scientific research, society, culture, and economics. It brings together different approaches and communities around a common reflection on interdisciplinary … Continue reading
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