Approaches to giftedness and creativity in Slavic countries

Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent

Approaches to Corruption in the Developing Countries

This article mainly seeks to provide a framework to help us reach a better understanding of the nature, causes and grounds of increasing administrative corruption in developing countries. In this regard, the author identifies six approaches to administrative corruption and surveys issues related to the rise of corruption within these context. These approaches include cost-benefit, relative depr...

Evolutionary Approaches to Creativity

Many species engage in acts that could be called creative (J.C. Kaufman & A.B. Kaufman, 2004). However, human creativity is unique in that it has completely transformed the planet we live on. We build skyscrapers, play breathtaking cello sonatas, send ourselves into space, and even decode our own DNA. Given that the anatomy of the human brain is not so different from that of the great apes, wha...

Computational Approaches to Storytelling and Creativity

naturally associate with computers. Yet over the last few years there has been a surge of research efforts concerning the combination of both subjects. This article tries to shed light on these efforts. In carrying out this program, one is handicapped by the fact that, as words, both creativity and storytelling are severely lacking in the precision one expects of words to be used for intellectu...

Evolutionary and Neurocognitive Approaches to Aesthetics ~ Creativity , and the Arts