Serendipity in the Theater: Maude Adams as James M. Barrie's American Muse

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-214

  Díaz de Chumaceiro, Cora L ^a  

^a Modulo Cumbres de Curumo   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychoanalytic neuroscience integration; Creativity; Incubation effects; Set change theory; Transference reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742320200     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2003.tb00833.x     Document Type: Review

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