Making group brainstorming more effective: Recommendations from an associative memory perspective

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 208-212

  Brown, Vincent R ^a   Paulus, Paul B ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Cognitive stimulation; Group creativity; Groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036929440     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00202     Document Type: Article

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