Creative problem solving as sequential BVSR: Exploration (total ignorance) versus elimination (informed guess)

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BVSR; Creativity; Problem solving; Sequential search; Sightedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875533817     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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