Teaching students to solve insight problems: Evidence for domain specificity in creativity training

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-398

  Dow, Gayle T ^a   Mayer, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 10044270940     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400410409534550     Document Type: Article

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