Creative discovery in imagery and perception: Combining is relatively easy, restructuring takes a sketch

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-200

  Verstijnen, I M ^a,b   Van Leeuwen, C ^b   Goldschmidt, G ^c   Hamel, R ^b   Hennessey, J M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creative discovery; Figural restructuring; Mental imagery; Object structure; Paper and pencil sketching; Re analysis; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032119229     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(98)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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