An empirical investigation of creativity and musical experience

Psychology of Music

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-321

  Goncy, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Waehler, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Musical experience; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849083679     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735606064839     Document Type: Article

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