1st Edition

Incubation in Problem Solving and Creativity Unconscious Processes

By Kenneth J. Gilhooly Copyright 2019
140 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Can problems be solved by setting them aside or by sleeping on them? Incubation, the process of stopping conscious work on problems for a set period of time, is an integral part of the creative problem solving process. Providing an overview of the main issues, findings and implications of cognitive research on incubation effects in problem solving and creativity, this book argues that... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Problems, problem solving and creativity

Chapter 2. Historical background to the "Incubation" concept.

Chapter 3. Early Laboratory based studies of incubation

Chapter 4. Broad Theoretical approaches to incubation: empirical evidence.

Chapter 5. Unconscious Work: Theoretical Discussion.

Chapter 6. Sleep on it?

Chapter 7. Overview and conclusions

References

Index

Biography

Kenneth J. Gilhooly is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is a former Chair of the Cognitive Section of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has served on the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Grants Board and the ESRC College of Assessors.