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Animal Creativity and Innovation (eBook)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
538 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-12-800713-6 (ISBN)
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Animal Creativity and Innovation is a comprehensive overview of the research and findings associated with animal creativity, including work from both psychologists and animal behaviorists.

Readers will gain a solid understanding of how evolutionary changes have created advantages for humans in relation to problem-solving, how they are able to utilize tools effectively, and the ways in which humans engage successfully in social interaction.

In addition, the book delves into a discussion on how animals display creative tendencies similar to those of humans. Chapters include both discussion and analysis of what research may mean in relation to human creativity.


  • Summarizes creativity research relating to animals
  • Encompasses tool use, social interaction, and innovation in animals
  • Covers neurobiology of cognition, while also discussing how animal creativity relates to human creativity
  • Includes informative research from animal behaviorists and psychologists

Animal Creativity and Innovation explores theories and research on animal innovation and creativity, comparing and contrasting it with theory and research on human creativity and innovation. In doing so, it encompasses findings from psychology, biology, neuroscience, engineering, business, ecology, and education. The book includes examples of animal innovation in parrots, dogs, marine mammals, insects, and primates, exploring parallels from creative play in children. The book defines creativity, differentiating it from play, and looks at evolutionary models and neurological constructs. The book further explores applied aspects of animal innovation and creativity including tool use and group dynamics, as well as barriers to creativity. The final chapters look into how creative behavior may be taught or trained. Each chapter is followed by a commentary for integration of thoughts and ideas between animal and human research, behavioral and cognitive research, and theory and observation in real life. Compares theory and research on animal and human creativity Defines and differentiates creativity from play Reviews applied creativity in tool use and social dynamics Includes examples of animal creativity in multiple species

List of Contributors


Ian A. Apperly,     School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK

Alice M.I. Auersperg,     Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Austria

John Baer,     Rider University, Education Department, Lawrence Township, NJ, USA

Sarah R. Beck,     School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK

Ronald A. Beghetto,     Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, Storrs, CT, USA

Mathias Benedek,     Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Robert M. Bilder

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Department of Psychology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Gordon M. Burghardt,     Departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

Josep Call

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK

Jackie Chappell,     School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

David H. Cropley,     Department of Engineering, Defence and Systems Institute (DASI), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

Nicola Cutting,     School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK

Debora Cutuli

Department of Psychology, Medicine and Psychology Faculty, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy

Laboratory of Experimental and Behavioral Neurophysiology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Paola De Bartolo

Department of Sociological and Psychopedagogical Studies, Faculty of Formation Sciencies, University “Guglielmo Marconi”, Rome, Italy

Laboratory of Experimental and Behavioral Neurophysiology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Robert Epstein,     American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, CA, USA

Agnes Ferisa,     Orangutan Kutai Project, Kutai National Park, E. Kalimantan, Indonesia

Marie J.C. Forgeard

Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Liane Gabora,     Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vlad Petre Glăveanu,     Aalborg University, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg, Denmark

Beth A. Hennessey,     Wellesley College, Psychology Department, Wellesley, MA, USA

Jessica Hoffmann,     Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Samuel T. Hunter,     Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

Sarah Jaumann,     Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, USA

Eranda Jayawickreme,     Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

David J. Jentsch

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Allison B. Kaufman,     Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Field Technician, Storrs, CT, USA

David S. Kaufman,     Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA

James C. Kaufman,     Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Field Technician, Storrs, CT, USA

Kendra S. Knudsen,     Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Purwo Kuncoro,     Orangutan Kutai Project, Kutai National Park, E. Kalimantan, Indonesia

Kevin Laland,     University of St. Andrews, Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK

Daniela Laricchiuta

Department of Psychology, Medicine and Psychology Faculty, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy

Laboratory of Experimental and Behavioral Neurophysiology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Phyllis C. Lee,     Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK

Janet Mann

Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Robert W. Mitchell,     Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA

Antonio C. de A. Moura,     Department of Engineering and Environment, Federal University of Paraiba, Rio Tinto, PB, Brazil

Ana Navarrete,     University of St. Andrews, Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK

Weihua Niu,     Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY, USA

William J. O’Hearn,     Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Field Technician, Storrs, CT, USA

Eric M. Patterson,     Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Irene M. Pepperberg,     Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Laura Petrosini

Department of Psychology, Medicine and Psychology Faculty, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy

Laboratory of Experimental and Behavioral Neurophysiology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Karen Pryor,     Karen Pryor Academy, Watertown, MA, USA

Apara Ranjan,     Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Roni Reiter-Palmon,     Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha, NE, USA

Sandra W. Russ,     Case Western Reserve University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Cleveland, OH, USA

Anne E. Russon,     Psychology Department, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Alcino J. Silva

Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Department of Integrative Center for Learning and Memory, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Dean Keith Simonton,     Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Emilie Snell-Rood,     Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, USA

Daniel Sol,     CREAF (Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries), CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain

John H. Stathis,     Connecticut College, Biology Department, New London, CT, USA

Eli Swanson,     Department of...

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