Game changer: The topology of creativity

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1144-1194

  de Vaan, Mathijs ^a   Stark, David ^a   Vedres, Balazs ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACHIEVEMENT; CREATIVITY; HUMANS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84928953879     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681213     Document Type: Article

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