The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity

Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology

by Rex E. Jung (Editor), Oshin Vartanian (Editor)

Historically, the brain bases of creativity have been of great interest to scholars and the public alike. However, recent technological innovations in the neurosciences, coupled with theoretical and methodological advances in creativity assessment, have enabled humans to gain unprecedented insights into the contributions of the brain to creative thought. This unique volume brings together contributions by the very best scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of cutting edge research on this important and fascinating topic. The chapters discuss creativity's relationship with intelligence, motivation, psychopathology and pharmacology, as well as the contributions of general psychological processes to creativity, such as attention, memory, imagination, and language. This book also includes specific and novel approaches to understanding creativity involving musicians, polymaths, animal models, and psychedelic experiences. The chapters are meant to give the reader a solid grasp of the diversity of approaches currently at play in this active and rapidly growing field of inquiry.

Genres: Psychology, Neuroscience

550 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 25, 2018

Reviews

[Rick Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creativity is a huge field.

While reading Creativity, I am baffled by the amount in literature.

Quite a large number, of theories in Creativity.

I kept thinking, Use Ockham's Razor
Settle with most simplest explanation.

In my journey of reading,

Antonio Damasio, Neuroscientist mentions in, "Descartes Error" about lack of emotions or feelings.

He shares about this, in the midst of rationality.

He says, emotions, feelings are neglected in Medical training curriculum.

He also says, emotions, feelings also play a role in healing.

While -- One could easily assert,

Creativity is due to n number of factors

I am thinking, Apply, Principal Component Analysis.

Boil it into two or three.

So, How is Creativity Generated?

There's at least 10 fields, that could be angled at responding to Creativity.

I wish, there was a non-reductionist approach, that might actually solve or give the answer.

Baffled, and I am not able to figure out answer.

Recommended this a reference.

Deus Vult,
Gottfried

[Mills College Library]

612.8233 C1785 2018