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Shelley Carson’s Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications and Book Chapters:

  • Carson, S.H., Yang, E., & Forgeard, M. (2021). Creativity and mental health. In J.C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds,), Creativity: An introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Carson, S.H. (2019). Creativity and mental illness. In J.C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds,) Cambridge handbook of creativity 2rd edition. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Carson, S., Cook, A., Peabody, S., Scheinbaum, S., & Williamson, L. (2019). The impact of positive psychology on behavioral change and healthy lifestyle choices. In J.M. Rippe (Ed.), Lifestyle medicine, third edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  • Carson, S.H. (2018). Creativity and psychopathology: A relationship of shared neurocognitive vulnerabilities. In R.E. Jung & O. Vartanian (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of the neuroscience of creativity, pp. 136-158. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Fried, K., & Carson, S. (2018). The influence of performance expectations and personality on audience ratings of humor. Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research, 31(4), 645-661.
  •  Pojednic, R., Peabody, S., Carson, S., Kennedy, M., Bevans, K., & Phillips, E.M. (2016). The effect of before school physical activity on child development A study protocol to evaluate the build our kids success (BOKS) program. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 49, 103-108.
  • Carson, S. (2014). Leveraging the “mad genius” debate: Why we need a neuroscience of creativity and psychopathology. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8 (1), 771.
  • Carson, S. (2014). Cognitive disinhibition, creativity, and psychopathology. In D.K. Simonton (Ed.), Handbook of genius. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Carson, S. (2014). The shared vulnerability model of creativity and psychopathology. In J. Kaufman (Ed.), Creativity and mental illness. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Carson, S. (2014). The impact of mindfulness on creativity research and creativity enhancement. In A. Ie, C. Ngnoumen, & E. Langer (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell handbook of mindfulness. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Carson, S. (2013). Creativity and psychopathology: Shared neurocognitive vulnerabilities In A. Bristol, J. Kaufman, and O. Vartanian (Eds.), The neuroscience of creativity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Carson, S.H.(2011). Creativity and psychopathology: A genetic shared-vulnerability model. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 56(3),144-153.
  • Carson, S. (2010). Latent inhibition and creativity. In B. Lubow & I. Weiner (Eds.), Latent inhibition: Cognition, neuroscience and applications to schizophrenia. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Carson, S. & Langer, E.J. (2006). Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance. Journal of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, 24(1). 29-43.
  • Carson, S., Peterson, J.B. & Higgins, D. (2005). Reliability, validity and factor structure of the Creative Achievement Questionnaire. Creativity Research Journal, 17(1), 37-50.
  • Carson, S.H, Peterson, J.B., & Higgins, D. M. (2003). Decreased latent inhibition is associated with increased creative achievement in high-functioning individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(3), 499-506.
  • Carson, S. & Langer, E. (2004). Mindful practice for clinicians and patients. In L. Haas (Ed.), Handbook of primary care psychology.  (173-186) London: Oxford.
  • Meyersburg, C.A., Carson, S.H., Mathis, M., McNally, R.J. (2014). Creative histories: Memories of past lives and measures of creativity. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice.
  • Peterson, J.B., Smith, K., & Carson, S. (2002). Openness and extraversion are associated with reduced latent inhibition: Replication and commentary.  Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 1137-1147.
  • Carson, S., Shih, M., & Langer, E. (2001), Sit still and pay attention? Journal of Adult Development, 8(3), 35-40.
  • Peterson, J.B. & Carson, S. (2000). Latent inhibition and openness to experience in a high-achieving student population. Personality & Individual Differences, 28(2) 323-332.
  • Carson S.H. (2011) Interest inventories. In: Runco MA, and Pritzker SR (eds.) Encyclopedia of Creativity, Second Edition, vol. 1, pp. 677-682 San Diego: Academic Press.
  • Carson, S.H, Steenkamp, M., & Litz, B.T. (2008). Peacekeeping. In G. Reyes, J. Elhai, & J. Ford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychological Trauma. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Carson, S.H., Fama, J., & Clancy, K. (2008). Writing for psychology at Harvard. Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College.
  • Carson, S.H. (2017) “They who dream by day.” [Review of The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research, Editors: G. J. Feist, R. Reiter-Palmon, & J. C. Kaufman (2017)]. PsycCRITIQUES, 62(36), article 1. doi.org/10.1037/a0041014.
  • Carson, S.H. (2016). “A chaos of delight.” [Review of Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities, by Claudia Kalb (2016)]. PsycCRITIQUES, 61(33).
  • Carson, S.H. (2014). Why insight is so often out of sight. [Review of Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights G. Klein (2013)]. )]. PsycCRITIQUES, 59(18), article 3.
  • Carson, S. H. (2013). “The Truth is Out There”[Review of Varieties of Anomalous Experience (2nd Ed.)Editors: Etzel Cardeňa, Steven Jay Lynn, and Stanley Krippner (2014)]. PsycCRITIQUES, 58 (46). doi: 10.1037/a0035294.
  • Carson, S.H. (2011). Reel greatness: The contributions of money, art, and sex to movie success. [Review of Great flicks: Scientific studies of cinematic creativity and aesthetics, by Dean Keith Simonton (2011)]. PsycCRITIQUES, 56(33). doi: 10.1037/a0024268
  • Carson, S.H. (2011). Risk and resilience in the Ozarks. [Review of the motion picture Winter’s bone, 2010]. PsycCRITIQUES, 56(25). doi:10.1037/a0018056
  • Carson, S.H. (2009). Successful intelligence and “those darn IQ tests.” [Review of The Essential Sternberg: Essays on Intelligence, Psychology, and Education, Editors:J.C. Kaufman & E. Grigorenko (2009)]. PsycCRITIQUES, 54(33), 1554-0138.

Books:

  • Prince, J.B., & Carson, S. (2013). Almost depressed: Is my (or my loved one’s) unhappiness a problem? Center City, MN: Hazelden
  • Carson, S. (2010; 2012). Your creative brain: Seven steps to maximize imagination, productivity, and innovation in your life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.