Creativity – What a Concept!

Creativity: Meaning, Mechanisms, Models

12-16 September 2011

Lorentz Center
Leiden
The Netherlands

Abstract:
What is it that makes creativity so mystifying? Are there similarities in the creativity of artists and scientists? If so, what? And how can cognitive science help us understand the nature of creativity? I will explore these issues with concrete examples as well as offering a model for creativity that I call ‘Network Thinking’.