Partly versus completely out of your mind: Effects of incubotion and distraction on resolving fixation

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-118

  Kohn, Nicholas ^a   Smith, Steven M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 69249164863     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2009.tb01309.x     Document Type: Article

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