Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Section I: Reviews
Chapter 1. Creativity in Higher Education: The use of Creative Cognition in Studying
Jekaterina Rogaten [University of the Arts London, UK] and Giovanni B. Moneta [London Metropolitan University, London, UK]
Chapter 2. Cognitive Processes Underlying Creativity at Work
Gina Palermo and Giovanni B. Moneta (London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
Chapter 3. Mindfulness Meditation and Creativity
Viviana Capurso [University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy], Franco Fabbro and Cristiano Crescentini [University of Udine, Udine, Italy]
Section II: Cognitive Processes
Chapter 4. The Relationship between Visual Creativity and Visual Mental Imagery in Ageing
Massimiliano Palmiero [University of L’Aquila, Aquila, Italy and Neuropsychology Unit, I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy], Raffaella Nori [University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy], and Laura Piccardi [University of L’Aquila, Aquila, Italy and Neuropsychology Unit, I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy]
Chapter 5. Connecting Creativity and Giftedness: Do High-Ability Populations Have an Advantage?
Angie L. Miller (Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
Chapter 6. Characteristics of the Creative Person in Mathematics
Maria Kattou, Constantinos Christou and Demetra Pitta-Pantazi (University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)
Section III: Emotional Processes
Chapter 7. Creativity in Work Projects as a Function of Affective Shifts: A Pilot Study
Florence Mackay and Giovanni B. Moneta (London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
Chapter 8. The “Positive Triad” of the Regulation of Personal Choice among Creative Professionals
Elizaveta Pavlova and Tatiana Kornilova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation)
Section IV: Social Processes
Chapter 9. Psychobiographical Research and Personality Psychological Background of Creativity: The Case of Friedrich Nietzsche
Zoltan Kovary (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary)
Chapter 10. Motivational Orientations and Opportunity for Creativity in the Job: A Seven-Year Follow-Up Study in Hong Kong
Giovanni B. Moneta (London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
Chapter 11. Scientists’ Creative Potential as a Function of the Innovative Potential of Scientific Disciplines
Giovanni B. Moneta (London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
About the Editors
Index
The book is suitable both for experienced researchers and for graduate students who are considering conducting their dissertation in the field of psychology of creativity
