Scenario visualization : an evolutionary account of creative problem solving / Robert Arp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arp, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visualization.

Problem solving--Methodology.

Problem solving.

Creative thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An account of how humans evolved a conscious, vision-related ability unique to their species in order to solve nonroutine problems.

Contents:

Routine problem solving versus nonroutine creative problem solving

Organisms and hierarchical organization

Emergence and function

The visual system

The evolution of the visual system and scenario visualization

Scenario visualization, creative problem solving, and evolutionary psychology.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-206) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26151-0

1-282-09942-6

9786612099427

0-262-26737-3

1-4356-3304-0

OCLC:

432428646