Creativity: A source of difficulty in problem solving

The Psychology of Problem Solving

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 127-148

  Lubart, Todd I ^a   Mouchiroud, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511615771.005     Document Type: Chapter

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