Threshold hypothesis: Fact or artifact?

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-33

  Karwowski, Maciej ^a   Gralewski, Jacek ^a  

^a THE MARIA GRZEGORZEWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Creative abilities; Intelligence; Threshold hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875489927     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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