Creative thought as blind-variation and selective-retention: Combinatorial models of exceptional creativity

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bain; BVSR; Campbell; Combinatorial models; Creativity; Darwin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS;

BAIN; BVSR; CAMPBELL; COMBINATORIAL MODELS; CREATIVITY; DARWIN;

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; MEMORY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 77952891434     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2010.05.004     Document Type: Note

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