Nonlinear dynamics of human creativity

The nonlinear dynamical approach to creativity considers it as the processes responsible for the producing effective novelty, as well as the control mechanisms that regulate novelty production. Merely novel information display surprise and incongruity, to be sure, but they must also be meaningful. We present the Dynamical Origin of Creativity (DOC) hypothesis in application to music improvisation/ composition and poetry. The corresponding dynamical models are based on the general cognitive principles: transitivity, existence of metastable states, robustness and sensitivity to available information.