Can speaking more languages enhance your creativity? Relationship between bilingualism and creative potential among Korean American students with multicultural link

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1186-1190

  Lee, Hangeun ^a   Kim, Kyung Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Creativity; Cross culture; Multicultural experience; Multiculturalism; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953161472     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.039     Document Type: Article

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