Aging and creativity / Kenneth J. Gilhooly, Mary L. M. Gilhooly.

Author/creator Gilhooly, K. J.
Other author Gilhooly, Mary L. M.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]
Descriptionxiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Psychology 2021 [EBCP21]
Subjects

Contents Creativity : introduction -- Age and aging -- Creative competence and age -- Real world studies of creative productivity with age -- Protective factors and risk factors for later life creativity -- Creative thinking : restructuring and insight -- Noncognitive factors in creative thinking : personality, psychopathology, and mood -- Theories and models of creative processes -- Aging effects on cognitive and noncognitive factors in creativity -- Integrative discussion.
Abstract "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. Key features: 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." -- Publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-263) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018459956
ISBN9780128164013 paperback
ISBN0128164018 paperback
ISBNelectronic publication