Creativity, visualization abilities, and visual cognitive style

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-209

  Kozhevnikov, Maria ^a,b   Kozhevnikov, Michael ^c   Yu, Chen Jiao ^a   Blazhenkova, Olesya ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION;

COGNITION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878159246     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12013     Document Type: Article

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