Lateral thinkers are not so laterally minded: Hemispheric asymmetry, interaction, and creativity

Laterality

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-498

  Lindell, Annukka K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creativity; Hemisphere; Interhemispheric transfer; Laterality; Left; Right

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; THINKING;

CEREBRUM; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 79960539712     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.497813     Document Type: Review

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