TITLE:
Cogniton-based Enlightenment of Creative Thinking: Examplars in Computer Science
AUTHORS:
Zhi-Quan Cheng, Shiyao Jin
KEYWORDS:
Creative thinking; Enlightenment; Cognition; Computer graphics, Computer simulation
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.3 No.8B,
January
17,
2013
ABSTRACT: It is reputed that “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”, but it can also be noted that “sometimes, 1% inspiration is more important than 99% perspiration.” As this 1% is so important, can it be understood, and even learned? If so, how can cognition be used to enlighten a scientist's inspiration (creative thinking)? Both questions are considered on the basis of cognitive theory in the paper. We illustrate our ideas with examples from computer science.