Abstract: Creativity is one of the important topics that psychologists are interested in. it is an interesting attempt to find the inside mechanism of creativity through the psychoanalytic theory. There is a relation between primary-process thinking and creativity with development of science of brain. This article reviewed some major developments and findings on this topic recently and brought forward a hypothesis about ability of activation of creative fountain, at last a prediction of the future trends in this field is also suggested in order to reveal the essence of creativity.

Key words: prototype, creativity, creative fountain, primary-process thinking

摘要： 创造性是当今心理学研究的热点问题,从精神分析学的角度来探讨创造性的内部发生机制将是一个有益的尝试。随着脑科学的发展,越来越多的研究表明初级思维过程与创造性有着极为密切的关系。本文通过对该领域相关研究的简单回顾,提出了有关创造性源事件激活能力的假说,并对未来的研究做出了展望,以期能最终揭示出创造性的内部机制。

关键词: 原型, 创造性, 源事件, 初级思维过程