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Informationen zum Autor Dean Keith Simonton is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. His research concerns various aspects of genius, creativity, leadership, talent, and aesthetics. Simonton's numerous honors include the William James Book Award, the Sir Francis Galton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and the Arts, the SPSP Theoretical Innovation Prize, the George A. Miller Outstanding Article Award, and three Mensa Awards for Excellence in Research. He has produced more than 460 publications, including more than a dozen books. His most recent books include The Social Science of Cinema (2014), Great Flicks: Scientific Studies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics (2011), and Genius 101 (2009). Klappentext The Handbook of Genius is the first reference work to discuss all aspects of genius, a topic that endlessly provokes and fascinates. Bringing together essays from a multidisciplinary group of contributors, this book covers the origins, characteristics, careers, and consequences of genius. The coverage is broken into sections focusing on cognitive science, individual differences, life-span development, and social context. It encompasses genius creators, leaders, and performers across a range of disciplines including science, philosophy, art, music, literature, politics and war. The contributors examine genius from a variety of perspectives--including genetics, neuroscience, psychology, and more--to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject. Engaging with classic debates as well as the latest research, this handbook is a singular achievement in the scientific study of genius that opens new avenues for continued exploration of the topic in years to come. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors ix Preface xvii Part I Perspectives 1 1 The Genius in History: Historiographic Explorations 3 Laura C. Ball 2 The Psychobiography of Genius 20 William Todd Schultz 3 Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators 33 Jeanne Nakamura and Jeff Fajans 4 Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence 62 Gregory J. Feist 5 Historiometric Studies of Genius 87 Dean Keith Simonton Part II Processes 107 6 The Neuroscience of Creative Genius 109 Nancy C. Andreasen and Kanchna Ramchandran 7 Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition 120 Paul Thagard 8 Case Studies of Genius: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes 139 Robert W. Weisberg 9 Virtual Genius 166 David Cope Part III Attributes 183 10 Varieties of Genius 185 Robert J. Sternberg and Stacey L. Bridges 11 Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology 198 Shelley H. Carson 12 Openness to Experience 222 Robert R. McCrae and David M. Greenberg 13 Political and Military Geniuses: Psychological Profiles and Responses to Stress 244 Peter Suedfeld Part IV Origins 267 14 Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associated with Creative Genius: Could Geniuses Be Cosmobian Dragon Kings? 269 Wendy Johnson and Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. 15 Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link 297 Ellen Winner 16 Creative Genius: A View from the Expert-Performance Approach 321 K. Anders Ericsson 17 Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: An Integrative Approach 350 Guillermo Camp...
