Creativity and inductive reasoning: The relationship between divergent thinking and performance on Wason's 2-4-6 task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-655

  Vartanian, Oshin ^a,b   Martindale, Colin ^a   Kwiatkowski, Jonna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; THINKING;

ADULT; CREATIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; THINKING;

EID: 0345060440     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000567     Document Type: Article

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