Creative thinking ability: Domain generality and specificity

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-287

  Hong, Eunsook ^a   Milgram, Roberta M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 77955616591     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2010.503535     Document Type: Article

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