<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wiggins, GA</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tyack, P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Scharff, C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rohrmeier, M</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The evolutionary roots of creativity: mechanisms and motivations.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/19/</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1664/20140099.long</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1664</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">370</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20140099</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0962-8436</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We consider the evolution of cognition and the emergence of creative behaviour, in relation to vocal communication. We address two key questions: (i) what cognitive and/or social mechanisms have evolved that afford aspects of creativity?; (ii) has natural and/or sexual selection favoured human behaviours considered &#039;creative&#039;? This entails analysis of &#039;creativity&#039;, an imprecise construct: comparable properties in non-humans differ in magnitude and teleology from generally agreed human creativity. We then address two apparent problems: (i) the difference between merely novel productions and &#039;creative&#039; ones; (ii) the emergence of creative behaviour in spite of high cost: does it fit the idea that females choose a male who succeeds in spite of a handicap (costly ornament); or that creative males capable of producing a large and complex song repertoire grew up under favourable conditions; or a demonstration of generally beneficial heightened reasoning capacity; or an opportunity to continually reinforce social bonding through changing communication tropes; or something else? We illustrate and support our argument by reference to whale and bird song; these independently evolved biological signal mechanisms objectively share surface properties with human behaviours generally called &#039;creative&#039;. Studying them may elucidate mechanisms underlying human creativity; we outline a research programme to do so.&lt;/p&gt;
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