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Aging and Creativity

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Authors:

Kenneth J. Gilhooly and Mary L.M. Gilhooly

Aging and Creativity

Book2021

 

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Aging and Creativity examines the effects of aging on creative functioning, including age-related changes in cognition, personality, and motivation that affect performance or outpu ... read full description

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    Chapter 1 - Creativity: introduction

    Pages 1-25

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    Chapter 2 - Age and aging

    Pages 27-69

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    Chapter 3 - Creative competence and age

    Pages 71-78

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    Chapter 4 - Real world studies of creative productivity with age

    Pages 79-102

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    Chapter 5 - Protective factors and risk factors for later life creativity

    Pages 103-117

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    Chapter 6 - Creative thinking: restructuring and insight

    Pages 119-150

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    Chapter 7 - Noncognitive factors in creative thinking: personality, psychopathology, and mood

    Pages 151-163

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    Chapter 8 - Theories and models of creative processes

    Pages 165-181

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    Chapter 9 - Aging effects on cognitive and noncognitive factors in creativity

    Pages 183-216

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    Chapter 10 - Integrative discussion

    Pages 217-231

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    References

    Pages 233-263

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    Index

    Pages 265-269

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Aging and Creativity examines the effects of aging on creative functioning, including age-related changes in cognition, personality, and motivation that affect performance or output. The book reviews and summarizes both lab-based and real-world-based studies. Changes in working memory, speed of processing, learning efficiency, and retrieval from long-term memory are all discussed as factors influencing creativity, as are health changes and changes in social roles with later age. The book concludes with practical implications of age effects on creativity for older people in work and everyday life.

Aging and Creativity examines the effects of aging on creative functioning, including age-related changes in cognition, personality, and motivation that affect performance or output. The book reviews and summarizes both lab-based and real-world-based studies. Changes in working memory, speed of processing, learning efficiency, and retrieval from long-term memory are all discussed as factors influencing creativity, as are health changes and changes in social roles with later age. The book concludes with practical implications of age effects on creativity for older people in work and everyday life.

Key Features

  • Explores cognition and creativity from early adulthood through old age
  • Considers creativity and aging from an evidence-based perspective
  • Includes biological, psychological, and social approaches to aging and creativity
  • Covers age effects on perception, processing speed, working memory, and long-term memory
  • Discusses effects of health and social role changes with age on creativity
  • Examines links between productivity, motivation, and creativity over age
  • Explores cognition and creativity from early adulthood through old age
  • Considers creativity and aging from an evidence-based perspective
  • Includes biological, psychological, and social approaches to aging and creativity
  • Covers age effects on perception, processing speed, working memory, and long-term memory
  • Discusses effects of health and social role changes with age on creativity
  • Examines links between productivity, motivation, and creativity over age

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ISBN

978-0-12-816401-3

Language

English

Published

2021

Copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Authors

Kenneth J. Gilhooly

Mary L.M. Gilhooly