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Shavinina, Larisa – High Ability Studies, 2004
Although the Nobel Prize is associated with a rare, superior degree of intellectually creative achievement, high abilities of Nobel laureates are far from well explained. This paper argues that Nobel laureates' high abilities are determined in part by their extracognitive abilities, that is, specific feelings, preferences, beliefs and intuitive…
Descriptors: Creativity, Cognitive Ability, Talent, Beliefs