Still thinking: The case for meditation with children

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-151

  Fisher, Robert ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Meditation; Mindfulness; Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750631219     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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