Kenneth J. Gilhooly

Incubation in Problem Solving and Creativity

Unconscious Processes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an overview of the main issues, findings and implications of cognitive research on incubation effects in problem solving and creativity, this book argues that incubation is an effective strategy for tackling problems that do not yield to initial solution attempts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9781138551510
• ISBN-10: 1138551511
• Artikelnr.: 56875270

Autorenporträt

Kenneth J. Gilhooly is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is a former Chair of the Cognitive Section of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has served on the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Grants Board and the ESRC College of Assessors.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Problems, problem solving and creativity
Chapter 2. Historical background to the "Incubation" concept.
Chapter 3. Early Laboratory based studies of incubation
Chapter 4. Broad Theoretical approaches to incubation: empirical evidence.
Chapter 5. Unconscious Work: Theoretical Discussion.
Chapter 6. Sleep on it?
Chapter 7. Overview and conclusions
References
Index