Getting the right idea: Semantic Activation in the Right Hemisphere May Help Solve Insight Problems

Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-440

  Bowden, Edward M ^a   Beeman, Mark Jung ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0343771071     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00082     Document Type: Article

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