The Genetics of Creativity: The Generative and Receptive Sides of the Creativity Equation
The Genetics of Creativity: The Generative and Receptive Sides of the Creativity Equation
This chapter explores the current state of knowledge on the genetic etiology of creativity (e.g., the genetic bases of the individual differences in creative ability). To extend this perspective, we review the socio-cultural aspects of creativity and present how these aspects have been interpreted from an evolutionary perspective. This includes examinations of the genetic forces that shape populations and their cultures, the cultural environment that receives the creative product and determines its usefulness and value, and some possible interactive effects that may contribute both to creativity as an individual ability and to the reception and adoption of novelty as a social process. We conclude by underlining the importance of studying creativity not only as an individual, objective “ability,” but also as a cultural, time-specific, biologically-grounded phenomenon with a social purpose.
Keywords: Genetics, Creativity, Heritability, Reception of creative products, Evolution, GxE
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