Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Preface xvii
Part I Perspectives 1
1 The Genius in History: Historiographic Explorations 3 Laura C. Ball
2 The Psychobiography of Genius 20 William Todd Schultz
3 Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators 33 Jeanne Nakamura and Jeff Fajans
4 Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence 62 Gregory J. Feist
5 Historiometric Studies of Genius 87 Dean Keith Simonton
Part II Processes 107
6 The Neuroscience of Creative Genius 109 Nancy C. Andreasen and Kanchna Ramchandran
7 Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition 120 Paul Thagard
8 Case Studies of Genius: Ordinary Thinking, Extraordinary Outcomes 139 Robert W. Weisberg
9 Virtual Genius 166 David Cope
Part III Attributes 183
10 Varieties of Genius 185 Robert J. Sternberg and Stacey L. Bridges
11 Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Psychopathology 198 Shelley H. Carson
12 Openness to Experience 222 Robert R. McCrae and David M. Greenberg
13 Political and Military Geniuses: Psychological Profiles and Responses to Stress 244 Peter Suedfeld
Part IV Origins 267
14 Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associated with Creative Genius: Could Geniuses Be Cosmobian Dragon Kings? 269 Wendy Johnson and Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.
15 Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link 297 Ellen Winner
16 Creative Genius: A View from the Expert-Performance Approach 321 K. Anders Ericsson
17 Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: An Integrative Approach 350 Guillermo Campitelli, Fernand Gobet, and Merim Bilali´c
18 Diversifying Experiences in the Development of Genius and their Impact on Creative Cognition 375 Rodica Ioana Damian and Dean Keith Simonton
Part V Trajectories 395
19 The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Maturity: Insights into Elements of Genius 397 Harrison J. Kell and David Lubinski
20 Age and Scientific Genius 422 Benjamin F. Jones, E.J. Reedy, and Bruce A. Weinberg
21 Musical Creativity over the Lifespan 451 Aaron Kozbelt
22 Literary Geniuses: Their Life, Work, and Death 473 Alexander S. McKay and James C. Kaufman
23 Lifetime Biopsychosocial Trajectories of the Terman Gifted Children: Health, Well-Being, and Longevity 488 Katherine A. Duggan and Howard S. Friedman
Part VI Contexts 509
24 Evaluating Excellence in the Arts 511 Victor Ginsburgh and Sheila Weyers
25 The Systems Model of Creativity and Its Applications 533 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
26 Openness to Scientific Innovation 546 Frank J. Sulloway
27 Prominent Modern Artists: Determinants of Creativity 564 Christiane Hellmanzik
28 Genius in World Civilization 586 Charles Murray
Part VII Prospects 609
29 Does Genius Science Have a Future History? 611 Dean Keith Simonton
Appendix 619
Index 629
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