The creative structuring of counterintuitive worlds

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 490-496

  Tweney, Ryan D ^a,b   Upal, M Afzal ^c   Gonce, Lauren O ^a   Slone, D Jason ^d   Edwards, Kristin ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Toledo ^*  (United States)

^c The University of Toledo   (United States)

^d WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447533738     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853706778554904     Document Type: Article

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