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1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Drawing on a number of cutting-edge discoveries from brain research as well as on his own insights as a neuroscientist and neuropsychologist, Goldberg presents a wide-ranging discussion of history, culture, and evolution to arrive at an original understanding of the nature of human creativity. He discusses the origins of language, the nature of several neurological disorders, animal cognition, virtual reality, and even artificial intelligence. Included are his bold predictions about the future directions of creativity and innovation in society, and how they will change the ways the human brain develops and ages. |
| Contents |
The age of novelty. Punctuated equilibrium in history ; Many kinds of revolution ; Culture and cognitive styles ; How realities fuse ; The human brain in the new age -- The neuromythology of creativity. From neuroorphans to neurofads ; "Bad and useless" ; Deconstructing innovation and creativity ; Multiple creativities -- The conservative brain. How we know what we know ; Mapping the world in the brain ; How language found its home ; "Isomorphic gradients" ; Dementia with a silver lining? -- The Mermaid and the Lego Master (and the Cave Lion-Man). How is a new idea born? ; Mechanics behind the metaphor : the macro view ; The working memory conundrum ; Phantoms in the brain : the micro view -- It is all about salience! The salience circuit ; Salient default ; Salience, dopamine, and frontal arousal : or lack thereof ; Salience diluted ; Salience hijacked -- The innovating brain. The novelty challenge ; Hemispheres misunderstood ;The novel and the routine ; Wired for novelty ; Driven by novelty ; Novelty overdrive -- Directed wandering and the ineffable creative spark. No monkey business ; The extreme frontal lobes ; Dorsolateral bistability : inspiration and perspiration ; Lego master at work : creative perspiration ; Lego master at rest : creative inspiration? Not yet ; The brain's small world ; Directed mental wondering : the creative spark ; Iteration and selection -- Is the baboon creative? Novelty in evolution ; Human development and animal creativity -- The creative mind. A few worthy feats ; Conform or not conform? ; The theory of mind's mixed blessing ; Creativity and intelligence ; A few worthy tests ; How bad is mad? ; Creating minds -- The creative brain. A few worthy brains ; Connectivity of creativity ; Life in a small world ; The advantages of having a coat ; The advantages of not having a coat ; Are "creativity genes" for real? -- Epilogue: What's next? Summing up and looking forward ; Consuming innovation ; Creating innovation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brain -- Physiology.
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Brain -- Physiology. |
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Creative ability.
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Creative ability. |
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creativity. |
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MEDICAL -- Physiology. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Goldberg, Elkhonon. Creativity. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190466497 (DLC) 2017008677 (OCoLC)974213250 |
| ISBN |
9780190466503 (electronic book) |
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0190466502 (electronic book) |
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9780190466510 |
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0190466510 |
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9780190466497 |
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0190466499 |
| Standard No. |
40027879755 |
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