Neurotic Individuals are not Creative Thinkers

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-2

  Pickering, Alan D ^a   Smillie, Luke D ^b   DeYoung, Colin G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTOR; THINKING IMPAIRMENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; THINKING;

EID: 84951822343     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.10.001     Document Type: Letter

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