Commentary: The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Already Overcome Many of the Perceived Weaknesses That Silvia et al.'s (2008) Methods Are Intended to Correct

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-99

  Kim, Kyung Hee ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 77649224459     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3896.2.2.97     Document Type: Article

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