This psychological phenomenological research analyzed the cognition of gift
ed inventors and proposes a theory on original, creative thinking. Spatial
intelligence is reviewed. Results provide 7 findings, including cognitive,
motivational, affective, and psychokinesthetic factors. A key assumption th
at space-time cannot be separated supports a redefinition and renaming of s
patial intelligence to spatial-temporal intelligence. Spatial-temporal inte
lligence is theorized as an abstract mode of cognition, combining intuitive
and rational modes of logic. Cognitive imagery and dialog ale described as
reasoning tools in multidimensional and multidirectional space-time. Impli
cations for educational practice suggest that spatial-temporal intelligence
is complementary to linguistic-mathematical modes of thinking.