Description Explaining Creativity is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity.
Sawyer has also been a jazz pianist for over 20 years, and spent several years playing piano with Chicago improv theater groups..
Dr.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
Sawyer began his doctoral studies in psychology, studying creativity with Dr.
In 1990, Dr.
After receiving his computer Science degree from MIT in 1982, he began his career with a two-year stint designing videogames for Atari.
He combines this scientific expertise with a strong hands-on background in real-world creativity.
Louis, is one of the world\'s leading scientific experts on creativity.
Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology, education, and business at Washington University in St.
About the Author R.
He moves beyond the individual to consider the social and cultural contexts of creativity, including the role of collaboration in the creative process.
In addition to examining psychological studies on creativity, he draws on anthropologists\' research on creativity in non-Western cultures, sociologists\' research on the situations, contexts, and networks of creative activity, and cognitive neuroscientists\' studies of the brain.
Sawyer\'s approach is interdisciplinary.
Explaining Creativity considers not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, business innovation, and creativity in everyday life.
In the last 40 years, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have devoted increased attention to creativity; we now know more about creativity than at any point in history.
The book summarizes and integrates a broad range of research in psychology and related scientific fields.
Description Explaining Creativity is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity
