Creativity, primary process cognition and personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-414

  Martindale, Colin ^a   Dailey, Audrey ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

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EID: 0030117656     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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