Default and Executive Network Coupling Supports Creative Idea Production

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Beaty, Roger E ^a   Benedek, Mathias ^b   Barry Kaufman, Scott ^c   Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84934923338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10964     Document Type: Article

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