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Risk-Taking and Creativity: Convergent, but Not Divergent Thinking Is Better in Low-Risk Takers

Wangbing ShenHohai University;Leiden UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bernhard HommelLeiden UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yuan YuanNanjing Normal University of Special EducationCorrespondence[email protected]
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Liu ChangNanjing Normal University
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Wei ZhangYancheng Kindergarten Teachers College
Pages 224-231 | Published online: 20 Apr 2018

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