Creative cognition, conceptual combination, and the creative writing of Stephen R. Donaldson

American Psychologist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 350-354

  Ward, Thomas B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; HISTORY; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 85047682383     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.56.4.350     Document Type: Article

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