Constructive perception: Coordinating perception and conception toward acts of problem-finding in a creative experience

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-234

  Suwa, Masaki ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive skill; Creative processes; Creativity; Education; Perceptual reorganization; Protocol analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142104888     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00227     Document Type: Article

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