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Effects of Alcohol on Scientific Thought during the Incubation Phase of the Creative Process.
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Norlander, Torsten; Gustafson, Roland – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
This study of 60 Swedish university students examined whether or not acute alcohol intoxication inhibits or facilitates the incubation phase of the creative process. Results found that the participants in the alcohol group produced significantly more incubations in their diaries and significantly higher levels of originality. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Development
Produkt, Fenomen, Upplevelse. Proceedings of a Nordic Symposium (Helsinki, Finland, November 7-9, 1996). Research in Sloyd Education and Crafts Science B:3.
Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita, Ed.; Uotila, Minna, Ed. – 1997
This anthology consists of 7 presentations given by invited speakers and 15 essays that show how crafts form both a theoretical and practical discourse that deals with the most varied individual, cultural, and behavioral phenomena. They involve the concept of sloyd, derived from a Swedish word, an umbrella term for making or crafting things by…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Creative Development, Creativity, Culture
Assessment To Increase Students' Creativity: Two Case Studies.
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Berglund, Anders; Daniels, Mats; Tengstrand, Anders; Hedenborg, Mathias – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1998
Discusses the use of assessment to stimulate creativity and communication skills in engineering students. Describes full-scale studies for students in engineering, physics, computer science, and mathematics at two universities in Sweden. New examination methods include continuous assessment, seminars, mini-conferences, oral presentations, written…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Educational Change, Educational Environment