Variable Attention Facilitates Creative Problem Solving

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-59

  Vartanian, Oshin ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; creativity; problem solving; reaction time

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849092189     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014781     Document Type: Article

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