Commentary: Divergent Thinking Tests Have Problems, But This Is Not the Solution

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-92

  Baer, John ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71549132583     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3896.2.2.89     Document Type: Article

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