Random number generation and creativity

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 186-190

  Bains, William ^a  

^a Rufus Scientific   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 36448966802     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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