Picasso's Guernica creativity as a Darwinian process: Definitions, clarifications, misconceptions, and applications

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-394

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 38749102744     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400410701753341     Document Type: Article

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