What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Social psychology
- Social science
His primary areas of study are Creativity, Social psychology, Genius, Cognitive psychology and Aesthetics.
His Creativity study combines topics in areas such as Epistemology, Phenomenon, Cognition and Developmental psychology.
His work in the fields of Career development overlaps with other areas such as Process.
His research in Genius intersects with topics in Social science and Galton's problem.
His Cognitive psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Outcome, Data collection and Anticipation.
As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Aesthetics, concentrating on Zeitgeist and intersecting with Psychoanalysis, Educational psychology, Musical, Originality and Melody.
His most cited work include:
- Origins of genius : Darwinian perspectives on creativity (527 citations)
- Creativity. Cognitive, personal, developmental, and social aspects. (518 citations)
- Genius, Creativity, and Leadership: Historiometric Inquiries (492 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Dean Keith Simonton focuses on Creativity, Social psychology, Genius, Epistemology and Cognitive psychology.
His Creativity research incorporates elements of Developmental psychology, Aesthetics, Cognition and Social science.
His Social psychology research integrates issues from Presidential system and Politics.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Galton's problem, Zeitgeist and Psychoanalysis.
His study in Darwinism and Phenomenon is carried out as part of his studies in Epistemology.
Selective retention is a subfield of Variation that Dean Keith Simonton investigates.
He most often published in these fields:
- Creativity (41.81%)
- Social psychology (26.89%)
- Genius (17.85%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?
- Creativity (41.81%)
- Genius (17.85%)
- Epistemology (15.40%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Dean Keith Simonton mainly focuses on Creativity, Genius, Epistemology, Social psychology and Cognitive science.
His study in Creativity is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Aesthetics, Cognitive psychology, Phenomenon and Cognition.
His work deals with themes such as Developmental psychology and Openness to experience, which intersect with Cognition.
The Genius study combines topics in areas such as Sociocultural evolution, Psychopathology, Visual arts and Civilization.
His study looks at the intersection of Epistemology and topics like Set with Field and Variation.
Dean Keith Simonton studies Personality, a branch of Social psychology.
Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Taking the U.S. Patent Office Criteria Seriously: A Quantitative Three-Criterion Creativity Definition and Its Implications (152 citations)
- Diversifying experiences enhance cognitive flexibility (115 citations)
- Creative Thought as Blind Variation and Selective Retention: Why Creativity is Inversely Related to Sightedness (61 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Epistemology
- Social psychology
Dean Keith Simonton mainly investigates Creativity, Social psychology, Epistemology, Genius and Cognition.
He mostly deals with Selective retention in his studies of Creativity.
He has researched Social psychology in several fields, including Developmental psychology, Psychopathology, Function and Mental illness.
His studies in Epistemology integrate themes in fields like Context, Originality, Hierarchy and Set.
The concepts of his Genius study are interwoven with issues in Aesthetics, Superlative, Personality and Visual arts.
His Cognition research incorporates themes from Higher education, Teaching method, Differential psychology and Philosophy of psychology.
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