The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Genius

Dean Keith Simonton (Ed.)

Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell (in preparation)
 

CONTENTS

Dean Keith Simonton - Introduction
Part I: Perspectives
1. Laura Ball - The Genius in History
2. Scott Barry Kaufman & Rebecca McMillan - Greatness and Genius: Same or Different?
Part II: Methods
3. Dean Keith Simonton - Historiometric Studies of Genius
4. Gregory J. Feist - Psychometric Studies of Scientific Talent and Eminence
5. Jeanne Nakamura - Interviewing Highly Eminent Creators
6. William Todd Schultz - Psychobiographies of Genius
Part III: Processes
7. Nancy C. Andreasen - The Neuroscience of Creative Genius
8. Paul Thagard - Artistic Genius and Creative Cognition
9. Robert W. Weisberg - Case Studies of Discovery and Creativity
10. David Cope - Virtual Genius in Music
Part IV: Attributes
11. Robert J. Sternberg & Stacey L. Bridges - Varieties of Genius
12. Shelley Carson - Cognitive Disinhibition, Creativity, and Pathology
13. Robert R. McCrae & David Greenberg - Openness to Experience
14. Peter Suedfeld - Cognitive Complexity and Political/Military Leadership
Part V: Origins
15. Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., & Wendy Johnson - The Genetics of Intellectual and Personality Traits Associated with Creative Genius
16. Ellen Winner - Child Prodigies and Adult Genius: A Weak Link
17. Darold A. Treffert - The Savant Syndrome and Genius: The Narrow Line that Separates Them
18. K. Anders Ericsson - Expertise and Deliberate Practice
19. Guillermo Campitelli, Fernan Gobet, & Merim Bilalic - Cognitive Processes and Development of Chess Genius: An Integrative Approach
20. Rodica Ioana Damian & Dean Keith Simonton - Diversifying Experiences in the Development of Genius and their Impact on Creative Cognition
Part VI: Trajectories
21. Harrison J. Kell, David Lubinski, & Camilla P. Benbow - Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Maturity
22. Benjamin F. Jones, E. J. Reedy, & Bruce A. Weinberg - Age and Scientific Genius
23. Aaron Kozbelt - Musical Creativity across the Lifespan
24. James C. Kaufman - Literary Geniuses: Their Life, Work, and Death
25. Howard S. Friedman & Katherine Duggan - Lifetime Biopsychosocial Trajectories of the Terman Gifted Children: Health, Well-being and Longevity
Part VII: Contexts
26. Victor Ginsburgh & Sheila A. Weyers - Evaluating Excellence in the Arts
27. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - The Systems Model of Genius
28. Frank J. Sulloway - The Reception of Revolutions
29. Christiane Hellmanzik - Prominent Modern Artists: Determinants of Creativity
30. Charles Murray - Genius in World Civilizations
Part VIII: Prospects
31. Dean Keith Simonton - Does Genius Have a Future?
N.B.: Although all authors have emailed their commitments to writing the above chapters, the specific titles and other details are subject to change. The first drafts are not due until April 30, 2013, and the complete manuscript is not to be sent to the publisher until September 20, 2013. For that reason this project is considered in preparation rather than in press.

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