?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cognitive+mechanisms+underlying+the+creative+process&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Liane&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=This+paper+proposes+an+explanation+of+the+cognitive+change+that+occurs+as+the+creative+process+proceeds.+During+the+initial%2C+intuitive+phase%2C+each+thought+activates%2C+and+potentially+retrieves+information+from%2C+a+large+region+containing+many+memory+locations.+Because+of+the+distributed%2C+content-addressable+structure+of+memory%2C+the+diverse+contents+of+these+many+locations+merge+to+generate+the+next+thought.+Novel+associations+often+result.+As+one+focuses+on+an+idea%2C+the+region+searched+and+retrieved+from+narrows%2C+such+that+the+next+thought+is+the+product+of+fewer+memory+locations.+This+enables+a+shift+from+association-based+to+causation-based+thinking%2C+which+facilitates+the+fine-tuning+and+manifestation+of+the+creative+work.%0A&rft.publisher=acm+Press&rft.contributor=Hewett%2C+Thomas&rft.contributor=Kavanagh%2C+Terence&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2546%2F1%2FCandC.htm&rft.identifier=++Gabora%2C+Liane++(2002)+Cognitive+mechanisms+underlying+the+creative+process.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2546%2F