Animal creativity and innovation / edited by Allison B. Kaufman, University of Connecticut, CT, USA, James C. Kaufman, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, CT, USA.
1. Creativity and innovation in the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) / Irene M. Pepperberg. Commentary on chapter 1: What can creativity researchers learn from grey parrots? / Ronald A. Beghetto -- 2. Creativity in the interaction : the case of dog-human play / Robert W. Mitchell. Commentary on chapter 2: Creativity in the interaction / Jessica Hoffmann -- 3. Exploration technique and technical innovations in corvids and parrots / Alice M.I. Auersperg. Commentary on chapter 3: Innovations in corvids and parrots / Beth A. Hennessey and John H. Stathis -- 4. Cetacean innovation / Eric M. Patterson and Janet Mann. Commentary on chapter 4: Proto-c creativity? / Vlad Petre Glaveanu -- 5. Creativity, play, and the pace of evolution / Gordon M. Burghardt. Commentary on chapter 5: Play : a multipurpose vehicle / Sandra W. Russ -- 6. The evolution of innovativeness : exaptation or specialized adaptation? / Daniel Sol. Commentary on chapter 6: Can Sol's explanation for the evolution of animal innovation account for human innovation? / Liane Gabora and Apara Ranjan -- 7. The creative cerebellum : insight from animal and human studies / Laura Petrosini, Debora Cutuli, Paola De Bartolo and Daniela Laricchiuta. Commentary on chapter 7: (How) does the cerebellum contribute to creativity? / Mathias Benedek -- 8. Animal creativity : cross-species studies of cognition / Kendra S. Knudsen, David S. Kaufman, Stephanie A. White, Alcino J. Silva, David J. Jentsch and Robert M. Bilder. Commentary on chapter 8: Cross-species studies of cognition / Oshin Vartanian -- 9. Brain size and innovation in primates / Ana Navarrete and Kevin Laland. Commentary on chapter 9: Innovation and the value of building on what we know / Thomas B. Ward -- 10. Minding the gap : a comparative approach to studying the development of innovation / Jackie Chappell, Nicola Cutting, Emma C. Tecwyn, Ian A. Apperly, Sarah R. Beck and Susannah K.S. Thorpe. Commentary on chapter 10: Minding the gap : problem construction and ill-defined problems / Roni Reiter-Palmon -- 11. Necessity, unpredictability and opportunity : an exploration of ecological and social drivers of behavioral innovation / Phyllis C. Lee and Antonio C. de A. Moura. Commentary on chapter 11: Necessity, unpredictability, opportunity, and creativity / Marie J.C. Forgeard and Eranda Jayawickreme -- 12. Cognitive and noncognitive aspects of social learning / Thomas R. Zentall. Commentary on chapter 12: Imitation and creativity / John Baer -- 13. Of course animals are creative : insights from generativity theory / Robert Epstein. Commentary on chapter 13: Defining animal creativity : little-c, often; Big-C, sometimes / Dean Keith Simonton -- 14. Conservatism versus innovation : the great ape story / Josep Call. Commentary on chapter 14: Conservatism versus innovation : the great ape story / Weihua Niu -- 15. Tools for the trees : orangutan arboreal tool use and creativity / Anne E. Russon, Purwo Kuncoro and Agnes Ferisa. Commentary on chapter 15: Tools for the trees : orangutan arboreal tool use and creativity / David H. Cropley -- 16. Insects as a model system to understand the evolutionary implications of innovation / Emilie Snell-Rood, Eli Swanson and Sarah Jaumann. Commentary on chapter 16: Insect creativity as applied to human organizational behavior : a form of social biomimicry? / Samuel T. Hunter -- 17. Creating creative animals / Karen Pryor. Commentary on chapter 17: Creating creative animals / James C. Kaufman -- 18. Animal creativity and innovation : an integrated look at the field / William J. O'Hearn, Allison B. Kaufman and James C. Kaufman.
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