Symbolic and syncretic cognition among schizophrenics and visual artists

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-143

  Glicksohn, Joseph ^a   Alon, Ariel ^b   Perlmutter, Ayala ^b   Purisman, Ruth ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

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EID: 10244247831     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1302_1     Document Type: Article

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