Cognitive Processes in Creativity is a theoretical construct within the psychology of science that identifies and explains the specific mental operations—such as problem finding, analogical reasoning, mental simulation, and conceptual combination—underlying the generation and development of novel and useful scientific ideas.
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The associative basis of the creative process.
Sarnoff A. Mednick · Psychological Review · 1962 · 4.1K citations
Creative cognition: theory, research, and applications
Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 1.8K citations
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University of Graz
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Southwest University
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Beijing Normal University
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University of Oklahoma
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- Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts
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- Frontiers in Psychology
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