Psychology of the Scientist: XXVIII. Speculations on Nonverbal Creativity
- 1 December 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 27 (3) , 883-889
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1968.27.3.883
Abstract
A theory is presented to the effect that a necessary and sufficient condition for the appearance of nonverbal creative functioning is the occasion of a marginal dominance of hippocampal over reticular arousal in any individual with a repertoire of appropriate information in the form of a neuronal record to which attention is paid. This accounts for the well-known characteristics of the nonverbal creator, his taciturnity, epistemicity, withdrawal from other people, his possession of abnormal quantities of energy and reciprocal sensitivity to fatigue. A method of testing this theory is described.Keywords
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