The psychophysiological basis of creativity and intuition: Accessing 'the zone' of entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 528-542

  Tomasino, Dana ^a  

^a Institute of HeartMath   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence building techniques; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Heart; Heart rate variability; Heart rhythm coherence feedback; Intuition; Positive emotions; Psychophysiological coherence; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547652993     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2007.014388     Document Type: Article

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