Creative mood swings: Divergent and convergent thinking affect mood in opposite ways

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 634-640

  Chermahini, Soghra Akbari ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; CREATIVITY; HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 84865615771     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0358-z     Document Type: Article

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