Computer applications in music, especially with regard to research in music folklore, are discussed. (CK)

Literature can stimulate creativity and imagination necessary for the development of personal awareness and social consciousness. (NH)

Reports the results of a survey of the academic training grounds of 578 scientists and engineers who contributed articles to Scientific American" during 1962-67. (LC)

Questionnaire responses of high creative (HIC) adult women musicians were compared with lower creative (LOC) counterparts. Among results were that HIC Ss chose solitary rather than socializing interests or hobbies (especially reading) and were more likely to choose creative activities that can be pursued alone. (CL)

Nine sociocultural factors (relevant to creativity) are listed and historical theories (of C. Gray, A. Spengler, A. Toynbee, P. Sorokin, and K. Marx) are briefly compared. Highlights of Irish history are compared to times of major works of Irish literature and analyzed using conflict theory to determine the relationship of cultural conflict to…

Similarities between features of incubation in creative problem solving and reminiscence are pointed out and the author suggests that incubation may merely be a special type of reminiscence. Note: For related information, see EC 120 232-238. (CL)

A bibliography on incubation in creative problem solving lists 64 citations arranged alphabetically by author. Entries include title, publisher, and date. Note: For related information, see EC 120 232-237. (CL)

As a reminder that creativity in music and learning go on through life, this article presents a portfolio of photographs and vignettes of musicians in their seventies, eighties, and nineties who continue to be outstandingly creative in composition and/or performance. (Author/SJL)

A scientific definition of the meaning of human creative thought is pursued. (JD)

The article explores the history of creativity in general and gives brief personal histories of eight individuals who were multiply creative. The study lists over 150 multiply creative persons, of whom only 31 were women. (PHR)