Précis of the rational imagination: How people create alternatives to reality

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages

  Byrne, Ruth M J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

"If only"; Conditional; Counterfactual; Creativity; Deduction; Imagination; Rationality; Reasoning; Simulation; Thoughts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; RESEARCH; SIMULATION; THINKING;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CREATIVENESS; CULTURE; FANTASY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGIC; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REALITY TESTING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; THINKING; VOLITION;

EID: 41549090102     PISSN: 0140525X     EISSN: 14691825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X07002579     Document Type: Article

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