Cognitive mechanisms in human creativity: Is variation blind or sighted?

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-176

  Sternberg, Robert J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032357996     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1998.tb00813.x     Document Type: Article

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