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Awe Enhances Creative Thinking: An Experimental Study

Alice ChiricoUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vlad Petre GlaveanuWebster University Geneva
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Pietro CipressoIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano;Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Giuseppe RivaIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano;Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Andrea GaggioliUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore;IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Pages 123-131 | Published online: 20 Apr 2018

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