Science
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Encyclopedia of Creativity (Third Edition)
Editor
Steven Pritzker, Mark Runco
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.06156-3
First Page
460
Last Page
466
Abstract
Science would not exist if it were not for creative ideas. The psychology of science empirically addressed and answered the questions of not only who becomes a scientist and why, but also who becomes a creative scientist. The answers provide particular profiles of neural complexity, development, personality, and cognition. This entry summarizes these literatures and provides an integrated profile of the creative scientist. For example, the creative scientist is called to the life of science at a younger age, remains highly productive, is more confident, flexible, and hostile, and solves problems more often using analogy, metaphor, and visual imagery.
Keywords
Scientific creativity, Psychology of science, Neural complexity, Development, Personality, Analogy, Metaphor, Visual imagery, Motivation, Visualization, Fluency
Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Gregory J. Feist. "Science" Encyclopedia of Creativity (Third Edition) (2020): 460-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.06156-3
