Looking for a summary of psychological and physiological effects

[vladislav]

Hello,

I'm an expert in the area of inventing – I notably authored several
books on TRIZ (Russian Acronym for Theory of Solution of Inventive
Problems), e.g., "TRIZ: THE RIGHT SOLUTION AT THE RIGHT TIME: A Guide
to Innovative Problem Solving" (Netherlands, Published by Insytec
B.V., 1999, www.insytec.com).

During the course of this work, my team has developed a database of
several hundred physical effects and phenomena. A "physical effect" is
the key engineering take-away from a segment of scientific knowledge,
or a description of what output will be obtained for the given inputs.
For instance, "physical objects expand when they are heated" etc.
These "physical effects" also comprise chemical and geometric effects.
These physical effects have proven to be a very powerful instrument in
effective systematic innovation in the classical "industrial"
innovation.

Today in the 21st century, the person/consumer is getting at the
center of attention of the various inventions. Thus, we need to know
the typical psychological and physiological reactions of a person to
effectively innovate. We would like to update our "physical effects"
database with the database of the psychological and physiological
effects. For instance, the brain typically gets tired after X hours of
focused work; varying the nature of work leads to maximum
effectiveness; the time delay of the response to a stimulus is Y
milliseconds etc.

Our reading of the specialized psychology literature have not yielded
any conclusive results. No-one has apparently posed the question this
way to date.

I would like to ask the experts in this forum: Where can we obtain
such a list? If this list doesn't exist, how to gather the necessary
information?


Thank you very much in advance,


V. Boutenko for Pr. Y. Salamatov



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[Rick Moyer]

This sounds interesting. You are concerned with, in your words: "the
typical psychological and physiological reactions of a person to effectively
innovate". I would think that such a list does not exist... and for some
evident reasons. The area of study that might speak to your interests is
called "Biological Basis of Behavior", which is a combinations of
disciplines. These include Psychology, Neuropsychology, Physiology,
Cognitive Neuroscience, and many more. Penn. State University has a good
program.
Here is their web site:
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/bbb/AboutBBB.htm

You should locate, on their web site, members of their faculty and pose this
question to them. They will basically tell you that your source of
information for compiling such a data base will be research in their field.
For example, sensory memory would fall under the category of Sensory
Perception with the sub-discipline of Neuropsychology or Cognitive
Psychology.

In short, you are going to have to define "innovative". That could be a big
task. I imagine others have done that ... perhaps Industrial and
Organizational Psychologist (IO Psychology). Then come the contributing
FACTORS. What makes an individual maximally innovative may not generalize
to other individuals. The specific set or combination of factors that make
an individual maximal innovative would be, in my opinion, incredibly
complex. The factors will likely be interrelated. For example one factor
might be a positive mental state... what ever that is... in combination with
environmental variables... in combination with genetic factors.... in
combination with physiological variables... (the interactions could be
overwhelmingly complex).

Good luck. Let me know how it goes.

R. Moyer; M.Ed.
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
--
Rick Moyer M.Ed. (FAC)
UOP Faculty Member

Post by vladislav
Hello,
I'm an expert in the area of inventing - I notably authored several
books on TRIZ (Russian Acronym for Theory of Solution of Inventive
Problems), e.g., "TRIZ: THE RIGHT SOLUTION AT THE RIGHT TIME: A Guide
to Innovative Problem Solving" (Netherlands, Published by Insytec
B.V., 1999, www.insytec.com).
During the course of this work, my team has developed a database of
several hundred physical effects and phenomena. A "physical effect" is
the key engineering take-away from a segment of scientific knowledge,
or a description of what output will be obtained for the given inputs.
For instance, "physical objects expand when they are heated" etc.
These "physical effects" also comprise chemical and geometric effects.
These physical effects have proven to be a very powerful instrument in
effective systematic innovation in the classical "industrial"
innovation.
Today in the 21st century, the person/consumer is getting at the
center of attention of the various inventions. Thus, we need to know
the typical psychological and physiological reactions of a person to
effectively innovate. We would like to update our "physical effects"
database with the database of the psychological and physiological
effects. For instance, the brain typically gets tired after X hours of
focused work; varying the nature of work leads to maximum
effectiveness; the time delay of the response to a stimulus is Y
milliseconds etc.
Our reading of the specialized psychology literature have not yielded
any conclusive results. No-one has apparently posed the question this
way to date.
I would like to ask the experts in this forum: Where can we obtain
such a list? If this list doesn't exist, how to gather the necessary
information?
Thank you very much in advance,
V. Boutenko for Pr. Y. Salamatov
'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`''`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`
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