Making creative metaphors: The importance of fluid intelligence for creative thought

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-351

  Silvia, Paul J ^a   Beaty, Roger E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattell Horn Carroll model; Creativity; Fluid reasoning; Intelligence; Metaphor; Openness to experience; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861710943     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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