Chapter 11 Links and Demos

Links: Problem Solving

The Turing Test - How Intelligent Are Computers?
Herbert Simon - some information on the Nobel Prize winner and his work on artificial intelligence.
Marcel Just - outlines his research on thinking at the Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging.
Mind Tools: Problem Solving and Analytical Techniques - including Brainstorming, Critical Path Analysis, Decision Trees, Force Field Analysis, and ways for analyzing your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Links: Creativity

10 Steps for Boosting Creativity
Creative Quotes - "For Your Inspiration"
Steve Smith's Page - with links to his research on insight, creativity, and idea generation.
Making Machines Creative - An article on creative cognition and aritificial intelligence by Roger Schank and Chip Cleary.
Depression, Women and Creativity - Could there be a link? This possibility is considered in an article by Douglas Eby.

Links: Intelligence

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - historical and theoretical perspectives from Compton's Encyclopedia.

Commenting on The Bell Curve - Skeptic Magazine interviews Robert Sternberg.

Robert J. Sternberg - see especially his descriptions of his research. Here is an article on his ideas about practical intelligence, It's Not What You Know, But How You Use It.

Howard Gardner - His theory of multiple intelligences and information on Harvard Project Zero.

Emotional Intelligence - an interview with Daniel Goleman. Here's an on-line test of your EQ.

Demos

Problem Solving and Analytical Techniques - including, Brainstorming, Critical Path Analysis, Decision Trees, and Force Field Analysis.

Brain Teasers from Houghton-Mifflin - Can you solve these?

Common Sense Problem Solving - an example from the book Making Sense of Story Problems.

Intelligence Test - take an online IQ test.

BrainTainments Center - more on-line IQ tests (see sidebar), tips, and more. There's lots of advertising; the inclusion of this site here is for information only and does not mean that I endorse any of the products mentioned.

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