Are some cognitive styles more creatively productive than others?

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-91

  Guastello, Stephen J ^a   Shissler, James ^a   Driscoll, John ^a   Hyde, Trevor ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

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EID: 0032347056     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1998.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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