Categories of insight and their correlates: An exploration of relationships among classic-type insight problems, rebus puzzles, remote associates and esoteric analogies

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-280

  Barton Cunningham, J ^a   MacGregor, James N ^a   Gibb, Jenny ^b   Haar, Jarrod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Creative problem solving; Insight problem solving; Rebus puzzles; Remote associates; Spatial insight problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249157999     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2009.tb01318.x     Document Type: Article

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