Aprender a Imaginar - Shtulman, Andrew

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Résumé :
Have you resigned yourself to believing that imagination is for children and that adults are condemned to live in a world of predictable routines? It's time to challenge that belief. In Learning to Imagine, Andrew Shtulman destroys one of the most deeply rooted myths in our culture: that imagination is the exclusive domain of childhood. Using fascinating scientific evidence, he demonstrates that the opposite is true. Children, far from being the creative geniuses we imagine, are natural imitators, prisoners of convention and the familiar. True imagination is not born with us: it is built. Every new piece of knowledge, every experience, every reflection feeds our ability to conceive the impossible. Adults haven't lost the magic, we just don't know how to access it. This revolutionary book will show you how to recover and enhance your imaginative power. Through examples of brilliant minds in fields as diverse as mathematics, religion, and the arts, you will discover concrete tools to consciously expand your creativity. You will learn why knowledge, far from limiting the imagination, is the fuel that feeds it. Shtulman navigates this fascinating territory with mastery, offering a completely new perspective on how the creative mind really works. Imagination is not a lost gift, it is a skill that can be cultivated at any age. Learning to Imagine will teach you how....

Sommaire:
Andrew Shtulman es un psic?logo del desarrollo cognitivo que estudia el desarrollo de la intuici?n, la imaginaci?n y la reflexi?n. Su trabajo ha aparecido en revistas como Cognition, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Child Development, Journal of Educational Psychology, Psychological Science y Psychological Review, y ha recibido un Early Career Development Award de la National Science Foundation y un Understanding Human Cognition Scholar Award de la James S. McDonnell Foundation. El Dr. Shtulman tambi?n es tambi?n autor de 'Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong' (Basic, 2017)....