Genius: The Natural History of CreativityGenius: The Natural History of Creativity presents a novel theory of genius and creativity that is based on the personality characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. Starting with the fact that genius and creativity are frequently related to psychopathology, this book brings together many different lines of research into the subject. Professor Eysenck provides experimental evidence to support these theories in their application to creativity. He considers the role of intelligence, social status, gender, and many other factors that have been linked with genius and creativity. His theory traces creativity from DNA through personality to special cognitive processes to genius. The book will generate a great deal of interest in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, and sociology. |
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Contents
The nature of genius | 11 |
Genius and intelligence | 47 |
Creativity measurement and personality correlates | 83 |
Conditions for excellence | 124 |
Intuition and the unconscious | 170 |
The nature of psychopathology psychoticism | 202 |
The roots of creative genius | 236 |
From DNA to creativity and genius | 279 |
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| Title | Genius: The Natural History of Creativity Issue 12 of Problems in the Behavioural Sciences, ISSN 0955-3150 |
| Author | H. J. Eysenck |
| Editors | Michael Gelder, Jeffrey Gray |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0521485088, 9780521485081 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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