Short-term attentional perseveration associated with real-life creative achievement

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zabelina, Darya L ^a   Beeman, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional flexibility; Cognitive flexibility; Creative achievement; Creativity; Divergent thinking; Perseveration; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004089685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00191     Document Type: Article

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