Imagination and the generation of new ideas
A variety of theories have been put forth to explain the function of imagination, most notably that imagination engages and develops children's theory of mind and counterfactual reasoning. Here, we propose that a primary role for imagination is as a cognitive mechanism for efficiently generatin...
Main Authors: | Sheskin, Mark, Magid, Rachel, Schulz, Laura E |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Elsevier
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109896 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-3247 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-8039 |
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