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Overview

Mark A. Runco is affiliated with Southern Oregon University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on psychology, with a particular emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also spans related subfields including social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mechanical engineering, and visual arts and performing arts.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to creativity in education and neuroscience. Other significant areas of study include education, achievement, and giftedness; design education and practice; neuroscience, education and cognitive function; motivation and self-concept in sports; art education and development; and grit, self-efficacy, and motivation.

Mark A. Runco's recent academic publications include:

  • "AI can only produce artificial creativity" (2023), Journal of Creativity
  • "Updating the Standard Definition of Creativity to Account for the Artificial Creativity of AI" (2023), Creativity Research Journal

They have collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi, Selçuk Acar, A. Ayoub, Harun Tadık, and Steven R. Pritzker.

Mark A. Runco has published multiple papers in several journals and venues, including:

  • Creativity Research Journal
  • The Journal of Creative Behavior
  • Journal of Creativity
  • Creativity Theories - Research - Applications
  • Thinking Skills and Creativity

Among their scholarly contributions, they have authored book publications, notably with Elsevier BV. One such publication includes the "Encyclopedia of Creativity" (2020), which has received notable citations.

Best Publications

  • The Standard Definition of Creativity

    Mark A. Runco;Garrett J. Jaeger

  • Creativity: Theories and Themes: Research, Development, and Practice

    Mark A. Runco

  • Divergent Thinking as an Indicator of Creative Potential

    Mark A. Runco;Selcuk Acar

  • Theories of Creativity

    Mark Andrew Runco;Robert S. Albert

  • International Preferences in Selecting Mates A Study of 37 Cultures

    David M. Buss;Max Abbott;Alois Angleitner;Armen Asherian

  • Creativity

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  • Encyclopedia of Creativity

    Mark A. Runco;Steven R. Pritzker;Roni Reiter-Palmon

  • Problem Finding, Problem Solving, and Creativity

    Mark A. Runco

  • Cognition and creativity

    Mark A. Runco;Ivonne Chand

  • A History of Research on Creativity

    Robert S. Albert;Mark A. Runco

  • Development and Psychometric Integrity of a Measure of Ideational Behavior

    Mark A. Runco;Jonathan A. Plucker;Woong Lim

  • Education for Creative Potential

    Mark A. Runco

  • The dark side of creativity

    David H. Cropley;Arthur J. Cropley;James C. Kaufman;Mark A. Runco

  • Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as Predictors of Personal and Public Achievement: A Fifty-Year Follow-Up

    Mark A. Runco;Garnet Millar;Selcuk Acar;Bonnie Cramond

  • Creativity and the Finding and Solving of Real-World Problems

    Shawn M. Okuda;Mark A. Runco;Dale E. Berger

  • Judgments of originality and appropriateness as predictors of creativity

    Mark A. Runco;Robyn E. Charles

  • Understanding How Creative Thinking Skills, Attitudes and Behaviors Work Together: A Causal Process Model

    Min Basadur;Mark A. Runco;Luis A. VEGAxy

  • Everyone has creative potential.

    Mark A. Runco

  • Problem Construction and Creativity: The Role of Ability, Cue Consistency, and Active Processing

    Roni Reiter-Palmon;Michael D. Mumford;Jennifer O Connor Boes;Mark A. Runco

  • Theories of Creativity

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  • Implicit Theories of Artistic, Scientific, and Everyday Creativity*

    Mark A. Runco;Michael D. Bahleda

  • The Creativity Research Handbook

    Mark A. Runco

  • Cognition and Creativity.

    Mark A. Runco

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan A. Plucker
Jonathan A. Plucker Johns Hopkins University
Roni Reiter-Palmon
Roni Reiter-Palmon University of Nebraska at Omaha
James C. Kaufman
James C. Kaufman University of Connecticut
Giovanni Emanuele Corazza
Giovanni Emanuele Corazza University of Bologna
Ronald A. Beghetto
Ronald A. Beghetto Arizona State University
Gershon Tenenbaum
Gershon Tenenbaum Reichman University
Herbert J. Walberg
Herbert J. Walberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University
W. Keith Campbell
W. Keith Campbell University of Georgia
Max Abbott
Max Abbott Auckland University of Technology

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