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Peer reviewedCooper, Eileen E. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2000
This psychological phenomenological research analyzed cognition of 7 adult inventors and proposes a theory of original, creative thinking. Spatial intelligence is reviewed. Results provide 7 findings, including cognitive, motivational, affective, and psychokinesthetic factors. Spatial-temporal intelligence is theorized as an abstract model of…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
