Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Creative Cognition -- Overview -- Cognitive Paradigm in Creativity Research: Creative Cognition -- Cognitive Models of Creativity -- Divergent Thinking -- Convergent Thinking -- Summary -- 2 Multilingual Cognition -- Overview -- Multilingualism and Cognitive and Linguistic Development -- Multilingual Cognitive Advantages -- Multilingual Developmental Factors -- The Architecture of Bilingual Memory -- The Effects of Multilingual Developmental Factors in the Framework of Bilingual Memory Model -- Summary -- 3 Multilingual Creativity -- Overview -- The Relationship between Bilingualism and Creativity -- Historiometric Research -- Psychometric Research -- Why Multilinguals Might have Advantages in Creative Performance? -- Methodological Issues -- Summary -- 4 Multilingual Creative Cognition -- Overview -- Participants and Procedures -- Assessment Techniques -- The Findings of the Project -- The Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Multilingual Creative Potential -- Domain Specificity of Multilingual Creative Performance -- Summary -- 5 Multilingual Creative Development -- Overview -- Developmental Factors Related to Cross-Linguistic Experience -- Developmental Factors Related to Cross-Cultural Experience -- Other Factors Unrelated to Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Experiences -- Summary -- 6 Implications of Multilingual Creative Cognition for Creativity Domains -- Overview -- Generative and Innovative Capacities of Creative Thinking -- Divergent Thinking Tests Measure Convergent Thinking -- Ambiguous Definitions of the Creativity Construct in Scientific Research -- Four-Criterion Construct of Creativity -- An Alternative Model of Creativity -- Summary -- 7 Implications of Multilingual Creative Cognition for Education -- Overview -- The Importance of Bilingual and Creative Education.

Concerns about Bilingual and Creative Education Programs -- Bilingual Creative Education: New Approach to Old Curriculum -- Summary -- 8 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Internet-Based Multilingual and Multicultural Experience Questionnaire -- Appendix B: Internet-Based Picture Naming Test -- Index.