Effects of Solution Elicitation Aids and Need for Cognition on the Generation of Solutions to Ill-Structured Problems

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 235-244

  Butler, Adam B ^b   Scherer, Lisa L ^a   Reiter Palmon, Roni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0141751693     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2003.9651415     Document Type: Article

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