Unilateral muscle contractions enhance creative thinking

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-899

  Goldstein, Abraham ^a   Revivo, Ketty ^a   Kreitler, Michal ^a   Metuki, Nili ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADULT; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651246471     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.6.895     Document Type: Article

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