COPY-AND-PASTE CITATION William H. Calvin, "Cerebral circuits for creativity." Talk for linguistics and cognitive science at Cal State University at Fresno (2 February 2004). See also http://WilliamCalvin.com/2004/Fresno.htm(no audio) |
William H.
Calvin |
Abstract The general theme of this talk is creativity – how you do something you’ve never done exactly that way before, yet get it right the first time. One of the aspects of natural selection that played a role in evolving Homo sapiens was accurate throwing for hunting, often to a target that was not at one of your set-piece practiced distances – and if you got it a little wrong, dinner ran away before you could try again, a real premium on guessing exactly right the first time. Finding a group of words that all hang together reasonably, when you want to speak a sentence you’ve never spoken before, is exactly the same kind of problem. The same in logic, and in solving a crossword puzzle.
The Virtual Index for my books and articles, far better than my printed index in most cases: other authors' books (and who has quoted them): |
A Brief History of the Mind, 2004 Lingua ex Machina 2000 The Cerebral Code 1996 How Brains Think 1996 |