| Descriptor English: | Creativity | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Creatividad                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Criatividade | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Créativité | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Abilities, Creative Ability, Creative Artistic Creativity Creative Abilities Creative Ability Creative Thinking Creativeness Creativity, Artistic Innovativeness Originality Thinking, Creative  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        F01.752.264 F02.463.785.302  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003405 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The ability to generate new ideas or images. | 
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| Annotation: | human & animal (especially primates) | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 2013; see CREATIVENESS 1966-2012 | 
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| History Note: | 2013 (1966) | 
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| DeCS ID: | 3423 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D003405 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2013/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2020/05/27 | 
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                                        PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
 
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms - 
                                    
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Psychological Phenomena [F02]Psychological Phenomena 
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                        Creativity                                            
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                        Artistic Creativity                                            
                                        - Related but not broader or narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        Originality                                            
                                        - Related but not broader or narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        Innovativeness                                            
                                        - Related but not broader or narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                        
                        
                    
                    
                
                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0005303 | 
                                
| Scope note | The ability to generate new ideas or images. | 
| Preferred term | Creativity | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Abilities, Creative                                                 Ability, Creative Creative Abilities Creative Ability Creative Thinking Creativeness Thinking, Creative  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M000605825 | 
                                
| Scope note | A quality that humans can possess involving the ability to make, create, or perform. | 
| Preferred term | Artistic Creativity | 
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                                                                                            Creativity, Artistic                                                 | 
                                
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                                        M000733032 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Originality | 
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                                        M000733034 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Innovativeness | 
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