Creativity, expertise, and attention: Exploring their development and their relationships

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-102

  Memmert, Daniel ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Divergent thinking; Experiences; Inattentional blindness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CREATIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATTENTION; CHILD; CREATIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 78649749924     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.528014     Document Type: Article

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