Creative intuition: How eureka results from three neural mechanisms

Rational Intuition: Philosophical Roots, Scientific Investigations

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 287-306

  Thagard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 84906280441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139136419.016     Document Type: Chapter

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