Where Are the Generators?

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-42

  Basadur, Min ^a   Basadur, Tim ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive problem solving styles; Creative problem solving; Creativity; Creativity styles; Problem finding; Problem generating

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953003989     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017757     Document Type: Article

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