Social cues for creativity: The impact of behavioral mimicry on convergent and divergent thinking

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1036-1040

  Ashton James, Claire E ^a   Chartrand, Tanya L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral mimicry; Convergent thinking; Creativity; Divergent thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650713637     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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