Hemispheric collaboration in creative subjects: Cross-Hemisphere priming in a lexical decision task

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Whitman, R Douglas ^a   Holcomb, Erin ^a   Zanes, Jason ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952807995     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2010.481480     Document Type: Article

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