On Cognitive Foundations of Creativity and the Cognitive Process of Creation

Yingxu Wang
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Yingxu Wang: University of Calgary, Canada

International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence (IJCINI), 2009, vol. 3, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: Creativity is a gifted ability of human beings in thinking, inference, problem solving, and product development. A creation is a new and unusual relation between two or more objects that generates a novel and meaningful concept, solution, method, explanation, or product. This article formally investigates into the cognitive process of creation and creativity as one of the most fantastic life functions. The cognitive foundations of creativity are explored in order to explain the space of creativity, the approaches to creativity, the relationship between creation and problem solving, and the common attributes of inventors. A set of mathematical models of creation and creativity is established on the basis of the tree structures and properties of human knowledge known as concept trees. The measurement of creativity is quantitatively analyzed, followed by the formal elaboration of the cognitive process of creation as a part of the Layered Reference Model of the Brain (LRMB).

Date: 2009
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