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The Creative Mind

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Understanding the Creative Mind

We review Margaret Boden's book The Creative Mind, an excellent survey and synthesis of current computational theories of creativity. Boden's stated goal is to explain how creativity (as a psychological phenomenon) is possible, where an explanation of possibility is taken to be a computational process. Although Boden does not deliver a full-edged computational explanation and leaves most detail...

Understanding the Creative Mind: A Review of Margaret Boden's Creative Mind

Margaret Boden, a master at bringing ideas from artificial intelligence and cognitive science to the masses, has done it again. In The Creative Mind, she has produced a wellwritten, well-argued review and synthesis of current computational theories relevant to creativity. This book seems appropriately pitched for students in survey courses and for the intelligent lay public. And if ever there w...

Frontal lobe neurology and the creative mind

Concepts from cognitive neuroscience strongly suggest that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a crucial role in the cognitive functions necessary for creative thinking. Functional imaging studies have repeatedly demonstrated the involvement of PFC in creativity tasks. Patient studies have demonstrated that frontal damage due to focal lesions or neurodegenerative diseases are associated with impa...