The interrelationship between speeded and unspeeded divergent thinking and reasoning, and the role of mental speed

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 378-388

  Preckel, Franzis ^a   Wermer, Christina ^b   Spinath, Frank M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Mental speed; Reasoning; Speeded and unspeeded testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052033309     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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