Alexithymia - Imagination - Creativity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Czernecka, Karolina ^a   Szymura, Błazej ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Creativity; Mental imagery; Mental rotation; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349095659     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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