A bus stop pick-up riddle

While driving on your way home, you pass by a bus stop and see among the people waiting for the bus, an old lady...

Three cups puzzle

There are 3 empty teacups on the table. Can you put 10 lumps of sugar in them so that there would be an odd...

Inventive General: Unraveling Story that Requires a Creative Solution

During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but...

The riddle of The Sphinx

The Sphinx lurked outside Thebes in ancient Greece, and demanded passers-by answer a riddle: 'Which creature in the morning goes on four legs, at...

The spinning girl

Which direction does the girl rotate? Clockwise or counterclockwise If you shift your gaze to the shadow, in the same instant, the direction of rotation will change. You...

Psychologists and psychiatrists about creativity

Creativity quotes from psychologists and psychiatrists Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. William James (January 11, 1842 – August...

Mechanisms of Creative Dialogue with the World

 Mechanisms of Creative Dialogue with the World Sergey L. Markov Markov, S. L. (1997) Mechanisms of Creative Dialogue With the World. Paper presented at the 105th...

Personal mechanisms of sense creation

Sergey L. Markov.  Personal mechanisms of sense creation The paper discusses and analyzes the personal mechanisms of grasping and creating the new meanings. The system...

Sense creation in the structure of processes of meaning dynamics

Sergey L. Markov. Sense creation in the structure of processes of meaning dynamics The article discusses the basic processes of meaning dynamics of personality, reveals...

Articles on the psychology of creativity

Psychology of creativity, creative vision, creative management and methods of enhancing creativity 1. Sergey L. Markov. Kvintological approach to the construction of a unified theory of...

Universal mechanisms of Creativity

Universal mechanisms of creative dialogue with the World The hierarchical system of mechanisms is outlined to account for the creative dialogue that may occur between...

Unified Theory of Creativity

Unified Theory of Creativity (Integrative, system, multifactor, complex, synthetic, synergetic, general, componential, interactionist, autopoietic) The history of the development of the unified,  theory of creativity 1. A...