Opening up openness to experience: A four-factor model and relations to creative achievement in the arts and sciences

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-255

  Kaufman, Scott Barry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arts; creative achievement; dual process theory; implicit cognition; intellect; intelligence; openness; openness to experience; sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900527926     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: 21626057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.33     Document Type: Article

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