Aging and Creativity

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Kenneth J. Gilhooly, Mary L.M. Gilhooly, UK) Gilhooly, Kenneth J. (Research Professor in Gerontology, Brunel University, London, UK) Gilhooly, Mary L.M. (Professor of Gerontology and Health Studies, Department of Clinical Sciences, Brunel University, London, Mary L. M. Gilhooly, Kenneth J Gilhooly, Mary L M Gilhooly

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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.

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-08-05
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor284
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780128164013

Dr Gilhooly’s research is in the area of human cognitive psychology, especially thinking and problem solving and effects of age on cognition and well-being. His emphasis recently has been on collaborative work at Brunel University London on aging, dementia, and on decision-making among professionals dealing with elder financial abuse. Dr. Gilhooly’s research focusses on financial elder abuse; posterior cortical atrophy and Alzheimer’s Disease; radiation exposure, exposure worry, and cognitive functioning; and lay concepts of dementia.

1. Creativity: Introduction2. Age and Aging3. Creative Competence and Age4. Real World Studies of Creative Productivity with Age5. Protective Factors and Risk Factors for Later Life Creativity6. Creative Thinking: Restructuring and Insight7. Noncognitive Factors in Creative Thinking: Personality, Psychopathology, and Mood8. Theories and Models of Creative Processes9. Aging Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Factors in Creativity10. Integrative Discussion