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Scenario visualization : an evolutionary account of creative problem solving
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Scenario visualization : an evolutionary account of creative problem solving

Author: Robert Arp
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In Scenario Visualization, Robert Arp offers an evolutionary account of the unique human ability to solve nonroutine vision-related problems. He argues that by the close of the Pleistocene epoch, humans evolved a conscious creative problem-solving capacity, which he terms scenario visualization, that enabled them to outlive other hominid species and populate the planet. Arp shows that the evidence for scenario  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Arp
ISBN: 9780262012447 0262012448
OCLC Number: 164802542
Description: viii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Routine problem solving versus nonroutine creative problem solving --
Organisms and hierarchical organization --
Emergence and function --
The visual system --
The evolution of the visual system and scenario visualization --
Scenario visualization, creative problem solving, and evolutionary psychology.
Responsibility: Robert Arp.
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An account of how humans evolved a conscious, vision-related ability unique to their species in order to solve nonroutine problems.  Read more...

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"Arp's book covers a very important topic in cognitive science--namely, the evolution of cognitive abilities. The writing is clear and accessible, while the many sources make this a great reference Read more...

 
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