The role of timing and analogical similarity in the stimulation of idea generation in design

Design Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-221

  Tseng, Ian ^a   Moss, Jarrod ^b   Cagan, Jonathan ^a   Kotovsky, Kenneth ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual design; creativity; design cognition; problem solving

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DATA ACQUISITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CREATIVITY; DESIGN COGNITION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 43049156531     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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