Mood and the quantity and quality of ideas

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-324

  Vosburg, Suzanne K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0010094254     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1104_5     Document Type: Article

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