Schizotypy and creativity: An evolutionary connection?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1067-1078

  O'Reilly, Thomas ^a   Dunbar, Robin ^a   Bentall, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Evolution; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511316     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00204-X     Document Type: Article

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