Different attentional traits, different creativities

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-106

  Lin, Wei Lun ^a   Hsu, Kung Yu ^b   Chen, Hsueh Chih ^c   Chang, Wan yun ^d  

^a FO GUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Divergent thinking; Effortful control; Insight problem solving; Orienting sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878644629     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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