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Context-specific neophilia and its consequences for innovations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2007

Claudia Mettke-Hofmann
Claudia Mettke-Hofmann
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC 20008. [email protected]://www.orn.mpg.de/mitarbeiter/mettke.html
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Abstract

According to Ramsey and colleagues the main constituent psychological processes of innovation are response to novelty, exploration, and the ability to recognize a novel solution. I fully support this view but point out that novelty reactions are often context-specific. I will expand on this and discuss the possible consequences of context-specific novelty reactions on the emergence of innovations.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 419 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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