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Journal of Engineering Design Volume 23, 2012 - Issue 4: Design Creativity
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Investigating effects of oppositely related semantic stimuli on design concept creativity

I. Chiu Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5B 2K3
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L. H. Shu Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3G8Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 271-296 | Received 25 Feb 2011, Accepted 04 Jul 2011, Published online: 06 Sep 2011

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