Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2014. Vol. 7, no. 4, 37–51
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)
Cognitive and affective mechanisms of creative problems solving facilitation by humor
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Keywords: thinking, humo, problem solving, insight, creative task, facilitation
Journal rubric: Cognitive Psychology
Article type: scientific article
For citation: Korovkin S.Y., Nikiforova О.S. Cognitive and affective mechanisms of creative problems solving facilitation by humor. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2014. Vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 37–51. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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