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@article{citeulike:937014, abstract = {Psychologists have primarily investigated scientific creativity from 2 contrasting in vitro perspectives: correlational studies of the creative person and experimental studies of the creative process. Here the same phenomenon is scrutinized using a 3rd, in vivo perspective, namely, the actual creative products that emerge from individual scientific careers and communities of creative scientists. This behavioral analysis supports the inference that scientific creativity constitutes a form of constrained stochastic behavior. That is, it can be accurately modeled as a quasi-random combinatorial process. Key findings from both correlational and experimental research traditions corroborate this conclusion. The author closes the article by arguing that all 3 perspectives--regarding the product, person, and process--must be integrated into a unified view of scientific creativity.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis 95616-8686, USA. dksimonton@ucdavis.edu}, author = {Simonton, D. K.}, citeulike-article-id = {937014}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12848217}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12848217}, issn = {0033-2909}, journal = {Psychol Bull}, keywords = {creativity, psychology, science}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {475--494}, posted-at = {2008-06-12 09:08:51}, priority = {0}, title = {Scientific creativity as constrained stochastic behavior: the integration of product, person, and process perspectives.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12848217}, volume = {129}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:937014 L3 - citeulike-article-id:937014 N2 - Psychologists have primarily investigated scientific creativity from 2 contrasting in vitro perspectives: correlational studies of the creative person and experimental studies of the creative process. Here the same phenomenon is scrutinized using a 3rd, in vivo perspective, namely, the actual creative products that emerge from individual scientific careers and communities of creative scientists. This behavioral analysis supports the inference that scientific creativity constitutes a form of constrained stochastic behavior. That is, it can be accurately modeled as a quasi-random combinatorial process. Key findings from both correlational and experimental research traditions corroborate this conclusion. The author closes the article by arguing that all 3 perspectives--regarding the product, person, and process--must be integrated into a unified view of scientific creativity. IS - 4 JF - Psychol Bull SN - 0033-2909 AD - Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis 95616-8686, USA. dksimonton@ucdavis.edu EP - 494 TI - Scientific creativity as constrained stochastic behavior: the integration of product, person, and process perspectives. VL - 129 SP - 475 KW - creativity KW - psychology KW - science AU - Simonton, DK PY - 2003/07// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12848217 ER -