creative ability

Presents seven steps for increasing mental functioning and creativity, and contains related exercises, quizzes, and self-tests.

Explores the impact the growing role of creativity has had on the American economy, explaining how creative people are gradually changing American society, its values, tastes, relationships, careers, and cities.

Recounts over forty true stories of people who used their creative abilities to solve problems; arranged by themes including cars, home improvements, travel, love, authority, and jobs.

Contains seven scientific essays that address topics about genius, including savants, Williams Syndrome, prodigies, and more.

Examines the move toward large-scale collaboration in business, discussing the creative participation of consumers in industry and the role of the Internet in this transformation, noting developments such as MySpace, YouTube, and Flickr.

Discusses research on the nature of the creative process, in how humans view processes and objects, how humans use intuition, imagination, and insight in everyday life, and how these techniques can be used in problem-solving.

Gilbert seems to be the only one in his class who cannot think of any ideas for an Earth Day project.

Hildegarde, an artistic sheep, expresses her creative side at work, with unexpected results.

Dejected when the class hayride that she helped organize is cancelled because of rain, Megan consoles herself with a trip to Ellie's attic where the magic mirror transports her to ancient Greece.