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SEASONAL CHANGES IN CREATIVITY. A STUDY ON A SAMPLE OF EMINENT ITALIAN WRITERS
No full textA relationship between creativity and seasonality has been suggested by Jamison (1989) who examined seasonal patterns of moods and productivity
in a sample of British writers. She reported that mood increase during spring and summer did not coupled with changes in creativity. A recent study
of McDermott (2001) on periodicity of Emily Dickinson’s poetic work reported seasonal peaks in her productivity during summer months.
Seasonal variation of mood and sleep have been reported in SAD patients, and seasonal sensitivity in the general population has been assessed
using the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire in several epidemiological studies. In order to assess relationship between creativity and
seasonal changes in mood, sleep and activity, we studied a sample of 105 italian writers, who were the final runners of the three most important
literary Italian awards (Strega, Campiello e Viareggio) in the last 15 years. A modified Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnarie (SPAQ) has
been mailed to the writers during the period October 2003 and January 2004. Thirty-one writers (mean age: 53 years, eight females) returned the
questionnaire, six did not answered to the SPAQ and sent personal notes and comments. Among SPAQ respondents, spring and summer peaks for
feeling better were reported, during the same period respondents described a decline in creativity, which was instead increased during the early fall.
Considering value of GSS (mean GSS value was of 9.3) writers appeared to show a high level of seasonal sensitivity compared to the general
population. 38.7% of the sample showed value equal or higher than 11. Seasonal changes were considered as a problem by 61.29%. 38.7% of the
sample reported that seasonal changes had a moderate role in their creative activity and 19.3% reported that such influence was intense. According
to respondents, sleep duration changed during the different months, with lower duration of sleep during summer months. Increase in creativity in
the present sample appeared to be associated with winter and fall months, periods also characterized by increased sleep and low mood. Although no
direct relationship can be assumed between these variables and creativity, it appears that period with reduced amount of external activities (as well
as of natural light) might favour interior work and creative effort. Increase in creativity is associated with low mood and increased sleep
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Seasonal changes in mood and creative activity among eminent Italian writers
No full text A sample of 33 eminent Italian writers was studied. They were nominees of three of the most important literary Italian awards (Strega, Campiello, and Viareggio). The Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire was mailed to 105 writers during the period October 2003 and January 2004, of whom 39 replied. 33 ( M age = 54.5 yr., SD=12.5; 8 women and 25 men) completed the questionnaire. Among respondents, spring and summer months showed highest ratings of “feel best.” During the summer a decline in creativity was not significant; respondents also reported sleeping least. Scores on the Global Seasonality Score suggested writers appeared to show higher seasonal sensitivity than the general population. Seasonal changes were considered as a problem by a majority of them. Although writers showed high seasonal sensitivity, no significant relationship was found between the seasonal pattern of mood and self-reported creativity. </jats:p
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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