Overcoming fixation: Creative problem solving and retrieval-induced forgetting

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1263-1265

  Storm, Benjamin C ^a   Angello, Genna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL;

CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 78649900217     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610379864     Document Type: Article

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