Implications of counterfactual structure for creative generation and analytical problem solving

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-324

  Markman, Keith D ^a   Lindberg, Matthew J ^a   Kray, Laura J ^b   Galinsky, Adam D ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactual; Creativity; Decision making; Mind set; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33847222732     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206296106     Document Type: Article

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