Creativity Mind (preview)

The mind, in this metaphor, is the whole system of potential and actual resonance patterns. The specific patterns which occur are neurocognitive systems and conceptual schemes. Cognitive systems and conceptual schemes emerge from mind, they are not components of mind; just as literary passages and novels are not components of language. They give you the unique opportunity to represent and to see your reality, your world by "new eyes." It is a never ending story of ideas destruction and continuous renaissance, of creative destruction. The field of innovation and creativity has more or less exploded in recent years with ever new data and applications, but there has not been a corresponding explosion of theoretical advances. Our objective when compiling the current volume has therefore been not only to update the reader on the latest data and empirical results but also to provide a coherent theoretical perspective whenever possible to put the different chapters and contributions into a selfexplaining organization. The appendices are reserved to the interested reader eager for more scientific detail. Our final goal is to offer updated information and latest mind tools to help the reader figuring out best path to his/her personal training on creativity mind, throughtout our whole book.