Steven M. Smith



Research Interests


Memory
Retrieval Blocking & Recovery, Context-Dependent Memory, Reminiscence & Hypermnesia, Aging & Memory, Eyewitness Memory, Created Memories





Creative Cognition
Fixation & Mental Blocks,
Incubation, Insight, Creative Idea Generation



metacognition

Metacognition
Tip-Of-the-Tongue (TOT) States, Feeling-Of-Knowing (FOK) Reports, Feelings of Imminence


Books


Finke, R.A., Ward, T.B., & Smith, S.M. (1992). Creative Cognition: Theory, Research & Applications Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.





Smith, S.M., Ward, T.B., & Finke, R.A. (1995). The Creative Cognition Approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.





Ward, T.B., Finke, R.A., and Smith, S.M. (1995). Creativity and the Mind: Discovering the Genius Within. New York: Plenum Press.




Ward, T.B., Smith, S.M. & Vaid, J. (1997). Creative Thought: An Investigation of Conceptual Structures and Processes. American Psychological Association Books.

. New York: W.H. Freeman, Inc.




China Trip 2004

Paris Trip 2008


For a list of publications click here Steve Smith's Publications.

For a list of colloquium talks and invited addresses, click here Colloquia & Invited Addresses

Miscellaneous

Editorial Board Member for Journal of Creative Behavior




Coordinator of 2nd, 6th, and 11th annual Texas Cognition Conferences (ARMADILLO), College Station, TX




Co-coordinator of the Creative Concepts Conference (APA Scientific Conference), May, 1995, College Station, TX

Expert Witness on Eyewitness Memory



House

My Children

Noah (age 32)

Dara (age 29)









Contact me at: stevesmith@tamu.edu