A Neuro-Psychological Model of the Creative Intelligence of Gifted ChildrenFootnote^*

^*This research was supported by a grant from the Sir John Templeton Foundation, Pennsylvania. The Sir John Templeton Foundation is a philanthropic foundation which has supported several studies concerning aspects of giftedness

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