Dynamic processes within associative memory stores: Piecing together the neural basis of creative cognition

Creativity and Reason in Cognitive Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 60-80

  Bristol, Adam S ^a   Viskontas, Indre V ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84932624175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511606915.005     Document Type: Chapter

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