Commentary: Divergent Thinking Is Not Synonymous With Creativity

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-96

  Runco, Mark A ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 68349143406     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3896.2.2.93     Document Type: Article

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