Genius: The Natural History of Creativity

by H. J. Eysenck, Jeffrey Gray, Michael Gelder

Overview

Genius: 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521485081
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/28/2003
Series:	Problems in the Behavioural Sciences Series , #12
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The nature of genius; 2. Genius and intelligence; 3. Creativity: measurement and personality correlates; 4. Intuition and the unconscious; 5. Conditions for excellence; 6. The nature of psychopathology: psychotism; 7. The roots of creativity; 8. From DNA to creativity and genius; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...[Eysenck] expertly weaves together a vast array of research, and proposes a theory which, although as yet not fully tested, suggests a creative and viable synthesis of the research on creativity to date." Shari Tishman, Applied Cognitive Psychology

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