Aging and Creativity

Table of Contents

1. Creativity: Introduction
2. Age and Aging
3. Creative Competence and Age
4. Real World Studies of Creative Productivity with Age
5. Protective Factors and Risk Factors for Later Life Creativity
6.�Creative Thinking: Restructuring and Insight
7. Noncognitive Factors in Creative Thinking: Personality, Psychopathology, and Mood
8. Theories and Models of Creative Processes
9. Aging Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Factors in Creativity
10. Integrative Discussion

Authors

Kenneth J. Gilhooly Research Professor in Gerontology, Brunel University, London, UK. Dr Gilhooly's research is in the area of human cognitive psychology, especially thinking and problem solving and effects of age on cognition and well-being. His emphasis recently has been on collaborative work at Brunel University London on aging, dementia, and on decision-making among professionals dealing with elder financial abuse. Mary L.M. Gilhooly Professor of Gerontology and Health Studies, Department of Clinical Sciences, Brunel University, London, UK. Dr. Gilhooly's research focusses on financial elder abuse; posterior cortical atrophy and Alzheimer's Disease; radiation exposure, exposure worry, and cognitive functioning; and lay concepts of dementia.