Creativity: The role of unconscious processes in idea generation and idea selection

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Ritter, Simone M ^a   van Baaren, Rick B ^a   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creativity; Fostering creativity; Idea generation; Idea selection; Unconscious processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856459103     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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