The role of selective attention in bilingual creativity

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-254

  Kharkhurin, Anatoliy V ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 79961159120     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2011.595979     Document Type: Article

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