The effects of approach and avoidance motor actions on the elements of creative insight

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-492

  Friedman, Ronald S ^b   Förster, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; BRAIN; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; CUES; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034305273     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.4.477     Document Type: Article

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