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Imaging Intelligence by Douglas Eby
The use of advanced medical imaging technologies is yielding information not only about pathologies such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's, but also the biology underlying healthy cognitive skills. At the Brain Imaging Center of the University of California , Irvine , researchers led by Dr. Richard Haier have been examining the physiology of thought processes through EEG (electroencephalography) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) studies. PET allows precise localization and quantification of tissue uptake of a radioactive isotope-tagged sugar (glucose), and visually mapping task-related metabolism, even in deep brain structures.
In Praise of Perfectionism by Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D.
Scratch the surface of any great artist, entrepreneur, scientist or politician, and you will likely find a perfectionist. If truth be told, it is in part their perfectionism that makes them great. Greatness stems from a confluence of perfectionism, talent and drivenness.
Can You Hear The Flower Sing? Issues for Gifted Adults by Deirdre V. Lovecky, Ph.D.
There has been comparatively little focus in the literature on the characteristics and social and emotional needs of gifted adults. Using observational data, the author attempts to delineate some of the positive and negative social effects of traits displayed by gifted adults.
Common Misconceptions About the Gifted by Mary Rocamora
Another misconception is that ability automatically leads to high achievement, that compelling talent will overcome all obstacles. As children, many of us heard inspiring stories about eminent men and women who did just that. However, the reality is that there are both circumstantial and psychological factors that can adversely affect the actualization of the gifted.
Coping Through Awareness - A transformational tool for coping with being highly gifted -
By Andrew S. Mahoney, M.S., L.P.C., L.M.F.T.
Coping for a highly gifted person requires knowing oneself and becoming more aware of what is truly involved with being highly gifted. Coping is also a process that should allow one to contend better with his giftedness throughout life. Yet coping poses many challenges and is not free of emotional strife or tension.
Counseling Issues with Recognized and Unrecognized Gifted Adults by Mary Rocamora
"Many of the gifted adults I have worked with came from privileged parents that were overpowering and autocratic, who utterly eclipsed their children's abundance of intellect and talent. Despite all the elite education and tutoring provided, children of these very wealthy families were regarded as parental property, who should not be allowed to compete with the parents or to be encouraged to have creative lives of their own."
Creativity as an Elusive Factor in Giftedness by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D.
Creativity is an elusive factor in its relationship to giftedness. Many writers have alluded to the necessary but insufficient component of high intelligence to activate creativity and the reality that many high IQ people are not creative. So what is creativity and how do we foster it in children and young adults?
Cultivating otherwise untapped potential - by Deborah Smith [APA Monitor]
Psychologists are developing programs to identify gifted children earlier--and to ensure their success. Psychologist Frank Worrell, PhD, has seen countless adolescents develop into highly talented college students in the Academic Talent Development Program at the University of California, Berkeley -- a program that offers summer enrichment and acceleration classes to children in kindergarten through 11th grade. Students who struggle with introductory courses when they enter the program can earn As in the program's most difficult classes by the end, says Worrell, the program's lead researcher. But that talent doesn't flourish on its own, he says: "People have talents in various areas, but if those talents aren't developed, they're not going to mean anything." Without extra supports, many children with potential are left behind, agrees James Gallagher, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Discovering the Gifted Ex-Child by Stephanie S. Tolan
The experience of the gifted adult is the experience of an unusual consciousness, an extraordinary mind whose perceptions and judgments may be different enough to require an extraordinary courage. Large numbers of gifted adults, aware not only of their mental capacities but of the degree to which those capacities set them apart, understand this.
For many, however, a complete honoring of the self must begin with discovering what sort of consciousness, what sort of mind they possess. That their own perceptions and judgments are unusual may have been obvious since childhood, but they may have spent their lives assuming that this difference was a deficit, a fault, even a defect of character or a sign of mental illness. Who am I? is a question they may need to ask themselves all over again because the answers devised in childhood and adolescence were inaccurate or incomplete.
The Emotional Drama of Giftedness: Self Concept, Perfectionism, and Sensitivity - by Sal Mendaglio, PhD and Michael C. Pyryt, PhD, Centre for Gifted Education, University of Calgary
Three complex issues confront gifted individuals and those who interact with them: developing healthy self-concepts, transforming perfectionistic tendencies into productivity, and effectively coping with emotional sensitivity. The "lived experience" of these issues in daily life provide both frustrations and joys. This dynamic tension makes life richer but more problematic. Following our outline of our presentation at the SAGE conference, this paper will discuss self-concept, perfectionism, and emotional sensitivity respectively.
Emotional Intensity by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., Gifted Development Center
Creatively gifted children and adults are emotionally intense and have rich inner lives (Piechowski, 1991). An enhanced capacity for feeling is essential to the production of great art, moving music, high drama, memorable prose and poetry, exquisite performances. ... Why, then, do we become so disturbed when we see the precursors to this passionate involvement in young children? Emotional intensity is one of the personality concomitants of giftedness.
Enhancing personal expression by Mary Rocamora
Even if you have doubts about the extent of your giftedness, you will really bring your talents to life if you will embrace your drive to become, serve, create, achieve, and contribute. The purpose of self-recognition is not to fuel egotism or elitism, but to align with a more powerful, creative part of you that will let your heart, your knowledge, your talent loose on the world.
Introversion: The Often Forgotten Factor Impacting the Gifted by Jill D. Burruss and Lisa Kaenzig
"Introversion is simply a personality trait found in a small percentage of the total population. Introverts are different from extraverts and this difference is very difficult for the extravert to understand because they do not operate in that fashion. And because they do not understand it, many continually try to help the introvert become more social, more gregarious, more outgoing, and have more fun from the extravert perspective. Such is the situation of the introvert, a minority in the regular population but a majority in the gifted population."
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There are many more significant quotations in this URL reference; and I recommend this helpful reading for anyone in the design fields, especially those persons participating in the fields of art and architecture.
.H.
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Imaging Intelligence by Douglas Eby
The use of advanced medical imaging technologies is yielding information not only about pathologies such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's, but also the biology underlying healthy cognitive skills. At the Brain Imaging Center of the University of California , Irvine , researchers led by Dr. Richard Haier have been examining the physiology of thought processes through EEG (electroencephalography) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) studies. PET allows precise localization and quantification of tissue uptake of a radioactive isotope-tagged sugar (glucose), and visually mapping task-related metabolism, even in deep brain structures.
In Praise of Perfectionism by Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D.
Scratch the surface of any great artist, entrepreneur, scientist or politician, and you will likely find a perfectionist. If truth be told, it is in part their perfectionism that makes them great. Greatness stems from a confluence of perfectionism, talent and drivenness.
Can You Hear The Flower Sing? Issues for Gifted Adults by Deirdre V. Lovecky, Ph.D.
There has been comparatively little focus in the literature on the characteristics and social and emotional needs of gifted adults. Using observational data, the author attempts to delineate some of the positive and negative social effects of traits displayed by gifted adults.
Common Misconceptions About the Gifted by Mary Rocamora
Another misconception is that ability automatically leads to high achievement, that compelling talent will overcome all obstacles. As children, many of us heard inspiring stories about eminent men and women who did just that. However, the reality is that there are both circumstantial and psychological factors that can adversely affect the actualization of the gifted.
Coping Through Awareness - A transformational tool for coping with being highly gifted -
By Andrew S. Mahoney, M.S., L.P.C., L.M.F.T.
Coping for a highly gifted person requires knowing oneself and becoming more aware of what is truly involved with being highly gifted. Coping is also a process that should allow one to contend better with his giftedness throughout life. Yet coping poses many challenges and is not free of emotional strife or tension.
Counseling Issues with Recognized and Unrecognized Gifted Adults by Mary Rocamora
"Many of the gifted adults I have worked with came from privileged parents that were overpowering and autocratic, who utterly eclipsed their children's abundance of intellect and talent. Despite all the elite education and tutoring provided, children of these very wealthy families were regarded as parental property, who should not be allowed to compete with the parents or to be encouraged to have creative lives of their own."
Creativity as an Elusive Factor in Giftedness by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D.
Creativity is an elusive factor in its relationship to giftedness. Many writers have alluded to the necessary but insufficient component of high intelligence to activate creativity and the reality that many high IQ people are not creative. So what is creativity and how do we foster it in children and young adults?
Cultivating otherwise untapped potential - by Deborah Smith [APA Monitor]
Psychologists are developing programs to identify gifted children earlier--and to ensure their success. Psychologist Frank Worrell, PhD, has seen countless adolescents develop into highly talented college students in the Academic Talent Development Program at the University of California, Berkeley -- a program that offers summer enrichment and acceleration classes to children in kindergarten through 11th grade. Students who struggle with introductory courses when they enter the program can earn As in the program's most difficult classes by the end, says Worrell, the program's lead researcher. But that talent doesn't flourish on its own, he says: "People have talents in various areas, but if those talents aren't developed, they're not going to mean anything." Without extra supports, many children with potential are left behind, agrees James Gallagher, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Discovering the Gifted Ex-Child by Stephanie S. Tolan
The experience of the gifted adult is the experience of an unusual consciousness, an extraordinary mind whose perceptions and judgments may be different enough to require an extraordinary courage. Large numbers of gifted adults, aware not only of their mental capacities but of the degree to which those capacities set them apart, understand this.
For many, however, a complete honoring of the self must begin with discovering what sort of consciousness, what sort of mind they possess. That their own perceptions and judgments are unusual may have been obvious since childhood, but they may have spent their lives assuming that this difference was a deficit, a fault, even a defect of character or a sign of mental illness. Who am I? is a question they may need to ask themselves all over again because the answers devised in childhood and adolescence were inaccurate or incomplete.
The Emotional Drama of Giftedness: Self Concept, Perfectionism, and Sensitivity - by Sal Mendaglio, PhD and Michael C. Pyryt, PhD, Centre for Gifted Education, University of Calgary
Three complex issues confront gifted individuals and those who interact with them: developing healthy self-concepts, transforming perfectionistic tendencies into productivity, and effectively coping with emotional sensitivity. The "lived experience" of these issues in daily life provide both frustrations and joys. This dynamic tension makes life richer but more problematic. Following our outline of our presentation at the SAGE conference, this paper will discuss self-concept, perfectionism, and emotional sensitivity respectively.
Emotional Intensity by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., Gifted Development Center
Creatively gifted children and adults are emotionally intense and have rich inner lives (Piechowski, 1991). An enhanced capacity for feeling is essential to the production of great art, moving music, high drama, memorable prose and poetry, exquisite performances. ... Why, then, do we become so disturbed when we see the precursors to this passionate involvement in young children? Emotional intensity is one of the personality concomitants of giftedness.
Enhancing personal expression by Mary Rocamora
Even if you have doubts about the extent of your giftedness, you will really bring your talents to life if you will embrace your drive to become, serve, create, achieve, and contribute. The purpose of self-recognition is not to fuel egotism or elitism, but to align with a more powerful, creative part of you that will let your heart, your knowledge, your talent loose on the world.
Introversion: The Often Forgotten Factor Impacting the Gifted by Jill D. Burruss and Lisa Kaenzig
"Introversion is simply a personality trait found in a small percentage of the total population. Introverts are different from extraverts and this difference is very difficult for the extravert to understand because they do not operate in that fashion. And because they do not understand it, many continually try to help the introvert become more social, more gregarious, more outgoing, and have more fun from the extravert perspective. Such is the situation of the introvert, a minority in the regular population but a majority in the gifted population."
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There are many more significant quotations in this URL reference; and I recommend this helpful reading for anyone in the design fields, especially those persons participating in the fields of art and architecture.
.H.
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