Abstract
Abstract: In this chapter a new conception of individual innovation, seeking to explain its very nature, will be presented. Individual innovation refers to innovation at the level of an individual. This conception ventures to explore an issue of exceptional importance necessary for a scientific understanding of the inner essence of innovation, namely: why innovative ideas emerge in human minds. To successfully grasp this issue, we believe that mainly developmental and cognitive mechanisms must be taken into account. The internal structure of individual innovation is presented at five levels: (1) developmental foundation of innovation; (2) its cognitive basis; (3) its intellectual manifestations; (4) its metacognitive manifestations; and (5) its extracognitive manifestations.
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