Longitudinal Hit Ratios of Classical Composers: Reconciling "Darwinian" and Expertise Acquisition Perspectives on Lifespan Creativity

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-235

  Kozbelt, Aaron ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

composers; creativity; expertise; historiometry; lifespan development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949852863     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012860     Document Type: Article

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