Knowledge-Based Assessment of Expertise in the Arts: Exploring Aesthetic Fluency

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-249

  Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic fluency; Aesthetics; assessment; expertise; openness to experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349126070     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3896.1.4.247     Document Type: Article

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