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Creative Thinking Ability: Domain Generality and Specificity

Eunsook Hong University of Nevada, Las VegasCorrespondence[email protected]
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Roberta M. Milgram Ariel University Center of Samaria and Tel Aviv University
Pages 272-287 | Published online: 10 Aug 2010

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