Creativity : the human brain in the age of innovation /
Goldberg, Elkhonon,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 innov
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