Creative Thinkinghttps://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/102024-03-29T07:50:06Z2024-03-29T07:50:06ZLateral Thinkingde Bono, Edwardhttps://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/312015-06-20T13:13:28Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZLateral Thinking
de Bono, Edward
In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then? Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new and exciting ways. Soon you will be looking at problems from a variety of angles and offering up solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective. You will become much more productive and a formidable thinker in your own right. 'If more bankers and traders had read Lateral Thinking and applied the ideas of Edward de Bono to their own narrow definitions of risk, reward and human expectations, I suspect we would be in much better shape than we are' Sir Richard Branson Edward de Bono invented the concept of lateral thinking. A world-renowned writer and philosopher, he is the leading authority in the field of creative thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr de Bono has written more than 60 books, in 40 languages, with people now teaching his methods worldwide. He has chaired a special summit of Nobel Prize laureates, and been hailed as one of the 250 people who have contributed most to mankind.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZThe roles of associative and executive processes in creative cognitionBeaty, Roger E.Silvia, Paul J.Nusbaum, Emily C.Jauk, EmanuelBenedek, Mathiashttps://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/282015-06-20T13:13:28Z2014-01-01T00:00:00ZThe roles of associative and executive processes in creative cognition
Beaty, Roger E.; Silvia, Paul J.; Nusbaum, Emily C.; Jauk, Emanuel; Benedek, Mathias
How does the mind produce creative ideas? Past research has pointed to important roles of both executive and associative processes in creative cognition. But such work has largely focused on the influence of one ability or the other—executive or associative—so the extent to which both abilities may jointly affect creative thought remains unclear. Using multivariate structural equation modeling, we conducted two studies to determine the relative influences of executive and associative processes in domain-general creative cognition (i.e., divergent thinking). Participants completed a series of verbal fluency tasks, and their responses were analyzed by means of latent semantic analysis (LSA) and scored for semantic distance as a measure of associative ability. Participants also completed several measures of executive function—including broad retrieval ability (Gr) and fluid intelligence (Gf). Across both studies, we found substantial effects of both associative and executive abilities: As the average semantic distance between verbal fluency responses and cues increased, so did the creative quality of divergent-thinking responses (Study 1 and Study 2). Moreover, the creative quality of divergent-thinking responses was predicted by the executive variables—Gr (Study 1) and Gf (Study 2). Importantly, the effects of semantic distance and the executive function variables remained robust in the same structural equation model predicting divergent thinking, suggesting unique contributions of both constructs. The present research extends recent applications of LSA in creativity research and provides support for the notion that both associative and executive processes underlie the production of novel ideas.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Wiley Handbook of GeniusSimonton, Dean Keithhttps://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/302015-06-20T13:13:28Z2014-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Wiley Handbook of Genius
Simonton, Dean Keith
With contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of expert contributors, this is the first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates. The first handbook to discuss all aspects of genius with contributions from a multi-disciplinary group of experts. Covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequences of genius with a focus on cognitive science, individual differences, life-span development, and social context. Explores individual genius, creators, lead. ers, and performers as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Simón Bolívar, Mohandas Gandhi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leo Tolstoy, John William Coltrane, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Martha Graham.Utilizes a variety of approaches—from genetics, neuroscience, and longitudinal studies to psychometric tests, interviews, and case studies—to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZSerious CreativityDe Bono, Edwardhttps://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/292015-06-20T13:13:28Z1995-01-01T00:00:00ZSerious Creativity
De Bono, Edward
Serious creativity' will seem a contradiction in terms for many people. Everyone now knows that creativity has to be fun, lively and crazy – so how can we have serious creativity?
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