Creative reasoning across developmental levels: Convergence and divergence in problem creation

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-188

  Jaarsveld, Saskia ^a   Lachmann, Thomas ^a   van Leeuwen, Cees ^b,c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convergent thinking; Creative reasoning; Creativity; Development; Divergent thinking; Intelligence; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858079865     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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