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ANIMAL CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION Explorations in Creativity Research Series Editor J C. K AMES AUFMAN ANIMAL CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION Editedby A B. K LLISON AUFMAN UniversityofConnecticut,CT,USA J C. K AMES AUFMAN NeagSchoolofEducation UniversityofConnecticut,CT,USA AMSTERDAM(cid:129)BOSTON(cid:129)HEIDELBERG(cid:129)LONDON NEWYORK(cid:129)OXFORD(cid:129)PARIS(cid:129)SANDIEGO SANFRANCISCO(cid:129)SINGAPORE(cid:129)SYDNEY(cid:129)TOKYO AcademicPressisanimprintofElsevier AcademicPressisanimprintofElsevier 125,LondonWall,EC2Y5AS. 525BStreet,Suite1800,SanDiego,CA92101-4495,USA 225WymanStreet,Waltham,MA02451,USA TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,UK Copyrightr2015ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved. 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Auersperg Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Austria John Baer Rider University, Education Department, Lawrence Township, NJ, USA SarahR.Beck SchoolofPsychology,UniversityofBirmingham,UK Ronald A. Beghetto Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut,Mansfield,Storrs,CT,USA Mathias Benedek Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria RobertM.Bilder DepartmentofPsychiatryandBiobehavioralSciences,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Psychology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California,LosAngeles,CA,USA Gordon M. Burghardt Departments of Psychology and Ecology & EvolutionaryBiology,UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,TN,USA Josep Call Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews,St.Andrews,UK Jackie Chappell School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,UK David H. Cropley Department of Engineering, Defence and Systems Institute (DASI),UniversityofSouthAustralia,MawsonLakes,SA,Australia NicolaCutting SchoolofPsychology,UniversityofBirmingham,UK Debora Cutuli Department of Psychology, Medicine and Psychology Faculty, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy; Laboratory of Experimental and BehavioralNeurophysiology,IRCCSFondazioneSantaLucia,Rome,Italy Paola De Bartolo Department of Sociological and Psychopedagogical Studies, FacultyofFormationSciencies,University“GuglielmoMarconi”,Rome,Italy; Laboratory of Experimental and Behavioral Neurophysiology, IRCCS FondazioneSantaLucia,Rome,Italy Robert Epstein American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista,CA,USA Agnes Ferisa Orangutan Kutai Project, Kutai National Park, E. Kalimantan, Indonesia xv xvi LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS Marie J.C. Forgeard Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,USA Liane Gabora Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,BC,Canada VladPetre Gla˘veanu AalborgUniversity, DepartmentofCommunication and Psychology,Aalborg,Denmark Beth A. Hennessey Wellesley College, Psychology Department, Wellesley, MA,USA Jessica Hoffmann Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale University, NewHaven,CT,USA Samuel T. Hunter Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, StateCollege,PA,USA SarahJaumann DepartmentofEcology,EvolutionandBehavior,Universityof Minnesota(cid:1)TwinCities,St.Paul,MN,USA Eranda Jayawickreme Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,NC,USA David J. Jentsch Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California,LosAngeles,CA,USA Allison B. Kaufman Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UniversityofConnecticut,FieldTechnician,Storrs,CT,USA David S. Kaufman Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis,MO,USA James C. Kaufman Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UniversityofConnecticut,FieldTechnician,Storrs,CT,USA Kendra S. Knudsen Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,CA,USA PurwoKuncoro OrangutanKutaiProject,KutaiNationalPark,E.Kalimantan, Indonesia Kevin Laland University of St. Andrews, Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology,St.Andrews,Fife,Scotland,UK Daniela Laricchiuta Department of Psychology, Medicine and Psychology Faculty, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy; Laboratory of Experimental and Behavioral Neurophysiology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia,Rome,Italy Phyllis C. Lee Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, Psychology, School ofNaturalSciences,UniversityofStirling,Stirling,UK Janet Mann Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA;DepartmentofPsychology,GeorgetownUniversity,WashingtonDC,USA xvii LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS Robert W. Mitchell Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,KY,USA Antonio C. de A. Moura Department of Engineering and Environment, FederalUniversityofParaiba,RioTinto,PB,Brazil Ana Navarrete University of St. Andrews, Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology,St.Andrews,Fife,Scotland,UK Weihua Niu Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY,USA William J. O’Hearn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UniversityofConnecticut,FieldTechnician,Storrs,CT,USA Eric M. Patterson Department of Biology, Georgetown University, WashingtonDC,USA Irene M. Pepperberg Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge,MA,USA LauraPetrosini DepartmentofPsychology,MedicineandPsychologyFaculty, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy; Laboratory of Experimental and BehavioralNeurophysiology,IRCCSFondazioneSantaLucia,Rome,Italy KarenPryor KarenPryorAcademy,Watertown,MA,USA Apara Ranjan Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,BC,Canada Roni Reiter-Palmon Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha,NE,USA Sandra W. Russ Case Western Reserve University, Department of PsychologicalSciences,Cleveland,OH,USA Anne E. Russon Psychology Department, Glendon College, York University, Toronto,ON,Canada Alcino J. Silva Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Integrative Center for Learning and Memory,DavidGeffenSchoolofMedicineatUCLA,LosAngeles,CA,USA Dean Keith Simonton Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis,Davis,CA,USA Emilie Snell-Rood Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, UniversityofMinnesota(cid:1)TwinCities,St.Paul,MN,USA Daniel Sol CREAF (Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries), CSIC(SpanishNationalResearchCouncil),Bellaterra,Catalonia,Spain John H. Stathis Connecticut College, Biology Department, New London, CT, USA Eli Swanson Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota(cid:1)TwinCities,St.Paul,MN,USA xviii LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS Emma C. Tecwyn School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,UK;DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofToronto,CA Susannah K.S. Thorpe School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,UK OshinVartanian UniversityofTorontoScarborough,Toronto,ON,Canada Thomas B. Ward University of Alabama, Department of Psychology, Tuscaloosa,AL,USA Stephanie A. White Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, LosAngeles,CA,USA Thomas R. Zentall Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington,KY,USA Foreword Within the field of creativity research, psychologists tend to stick to the study of humans. Biologists or ethologists usually either focus on animal problem solving or else consider creativity to be an evolutionary adaptation. However, much of human creativity theory can be applied to animal behavior. Creativity and innovation found in the animal king- dom appear to follow similar rules, constraints, and models to those in humans. There has been one outstanding edited book on the topic— Animal Innovation by Simon Reader and Kevin Laland (Oxford University Press, 2003)—but it was, with some exceptions, focused on work by animal researchers. Our vision was for a dialog between those who study creativity in animals and those who study the same topic in humans. We sought a wide variety of contributors and commenters, both in terms of fields (we span psychology, biology, neuroscience, engineering, business, ecology, and education) and location (the contri- butors come from 12 countries). There has not been a synthesized col- lection and exchange of ideas between the two communities until now, however, despite the clear benefits to understanding the benefits of cre- ativity inbothan evolutionary and cognitive sense. The goal of this edited book is not only to gather the most cutting edge research on innovation in animals, but to also allow chapter authors some degree of freedom to extrapolate their findings toward what might be considered “anthropomorphism.” Traditionally, this type of extrapolation in scholarly literature can bring academic scorn; however, researchers have recently begun to see some value in small amounts of personification of their animal subjects. As part of the cross- over effort, we feature chapters by leading scholars in animal cognition and then commentaries by top creativity researchers. We are delighted to be able to present chapters and commentaries by some of our very favorite researchers in both areas. We start with a section detailing exciting examples of creativity in the animal world. Irene Pepperberg discusses the accomplishments of Alex, the late and legendary African Gray Parrot, whose abilities led Ronald Beghetto to rethink much of the way he looks at creativity from a human perspective. Next, Robert Mitchell describes an excellent example of creative play between a person and a dog, in which Jessica Hoffman finds many parallels to creative play in children. Alice Auersperg discusses creative innovations in parrots and corvids, and xix
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