The genetic basis of creativity: A multivariate approach
(2019) The Cambridge handbook of creativity — ISBN: [9781316979839], p. 132-147, published
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- Just as creativity is an ability composed of multiple resources recruited differentially across a range of domains and tasks, there is not one single "creativity gene." As a complex phenotype, creativity involves multiple traits and abilities, which themselves map onto distinct brain functions and networks. Based on a multivariate approach to creativity and its current extension as well as a growing body of Gene-Creativity research, this chapter suggests that a more promising direction is to uncover the common genetic bases of multiple resources involved in creativity (i.e., cognitive and noncognitive resources such as divergent thinking, motivational and personality dimensions that contribute to creativity). It examines the evolutionary forces that impact the human genome and shape creativity and how, in turn, eminent creative contributions impact the genome too. It also reviews a line of genetic studies of creativity, focusing on "real-world" creativity (e.g., creative achievements, talents, product-based assessment of creativity), followed by a second broader line of work focusing on resources that have been determined as important for creativity. The chapter concludes by discussing future directions in the study of Gene-Creativity and its importance in uncovering a better understanding of the phenomenon and, ultimately, the realization of everyone's creative potential. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
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Barbot, B., & Eff, H. (2019). The genetic basis of creativity: A multivariate approach. In James C. Kaufman, Robert J. Sternberg (eds.) (ed.), The Cambridge handbook of creativity (2nd ed, p. p. 132-147). Cambridge University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/266592