Neuroscience of Creativity

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the latest neuroscientific
approaches to the scientific study of creativity. In chapters that progress
logically from neurobiological fundamentals to systems neuroscience and
neuroimaging, leading scholars describe the latest theoretical, genetic, structural,
clinical, functional, and applied research on the neural bases of creativity. The
treatment is both broad and in depth, offering a range of neuroscientific
perspectives with detailed coverage by experts in each area. The contributors
discuss such issues as the heritability of creativity; creativity in patients with
brain damage, neurodegenerative conditions, and mental illness; clinical
interventions and the relationship between psychopathology and creativity;
neuroimaging studies of intelligence and creativity; the neuroscientific basis of
creativity-enhancing methodologies; and the information-processing challenges of
viewing visual art.

ContributorsBaptiste
Barbot, Mathias Benedek, David Q. Beversdorf, Aaron P. Blaisdell, Margaret A. Boden,
Dorret I. Boomsma, Adam S. Bristol, Shelley Carson, Marleen H. M. de Moor, Andreas
Fink, Liane Gabora, Dennis Garlick, Elena L. Grigorenko, Richard J. Haier, Rex E.
Jung, James C. Kaufman, Helmut Leder, Kenneth J. Leising, Bruce L. Miller, Apara
Ranjan, Mark P. Roeling, W. David Stahlman, Mei Tan, Pablo P. L. Tinio, Oshin
Vartanian, Indre V. Viskontas, Dahlia W. Zaidel