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Research and Development

Category: Creativity

The Cognitive Science of Interpretive Expertise

  1. Literary Expertise
  2. Artistic Expertise

Natural Language Generation and Revision

  1. Writing and Revision
  2. Natural Language Generation and Revision
  3. Natural language Generation and Evaluation
  4. Multi-criteria Search and Planning
  5. Time-dependent Planning
  6. Anytime Algorithms

Artificial Mental Simulation

  1. Cognitive Architectures
  2. Computer Simulation
  3. Mental Models
  4. Situation Models
  5. Mental Simulation
  6. Attention
  7. Intention
  8. Awareness
  9. Perspective
  10. Interpretation
  11. Abstraction
  12. Categories
  13. Coherence
  14. Causality
  15. Deduction
  16. Qualitative Spatiotemporal Reasoning
  17. Dynamic Modeling
  18. Transcription and Summarization
  19. Inference and Elaboration
  20. Explanation

Interactive Narrative and Interpretation

  1. Narrative and Interpretation
  2. Cognitive Narratology
  3. Narrative and Theatre
  4. Emergent Narrative
  5. Interactive Narrative as Communication
  6. Abductive Reasoning and Interpretation
  7. Symbolism, Semiotics and Perceptual Symbols
  8. Event Perception and Memory
  9. Mental Models and Narrative
  10. Shared Mental Models and Improvisational Theatre
  11. Possible Worlds
  12. Figurative Language, Metaphor, Tropes, Motifs and Interpretation
  13. Allegory and Allegoresis
  14. Intention and Interpretation
  15. Validity of Interpretations
  16. Significance, Texture and Aesthetics
  17. Modeling Readers and Players

Literal and Figurative Language and Verbal and Visual Analogies, Metaphors and Blends

  1. Interpreting and Understanding Literal and Figurative Language
  2. Analogy, Metaphor and Blending
  3. The Semantics and Pragmatics of Analogy, Metaphor and Blending
  4. Visual Analogy, Metaphor and Blending
  5. Context and the Comprehension of Analogies, Metaphors and Blends
  6. Computational Models of Understanding Analogies, Metaphors and Blends
  7. Generating Descriptive and Explanatory Analogies, Metaphors and Blending

Education and the Cognitive Science of Playwriting and Screenwriting

  1. Education, Playwriting and Screenwriting
  2. Models of Narrative and Screenplays
  3. Motion Pictures and Generating Educational Screenplays

Education and the Cognitive Science of Writing

  1. Teaching Writing and Narrative
  2. The Psychology of Writing
  3. The Development of Writing, Creative and Group Creative Processes

Play, Role-playing Games, Improvisational Theatre and Interactive Digital Entertainment

  1. Play and Collaborative Play
  2. Interactive Narrative Play
  3. Role-playing Games
  4. Narrative, Interactivity, Improvisation and Emergent Narrative
  5. Presence, Social Presence and Dramatic Presence
  6. Improvisational Digital Characters
  7. Group Dynamics and Improvisational Theatre

Interpretive Discussions and Argumentation

  1. Interpretive Discussions of Art
  2. Interpretive Discussions of Literature
  3. Interpretive Discussions of Theatre
  4. Interpretive Discussions of Film
  5. Interpretive Communities and Interpretive Social Sciences
  6. Interpretive Validity and Argumentation

Planning and Generating Sequences of Exercises for the Assessment and Development of Creativity

  1. Creativity Research
  2. Creativity Exercises
  3. Assessing Creativity
  4. Education and Creativity