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Chapter 16 - Authentic Creativity

Mechanisms, Definitions, and Empirical Efforts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2018

By
Mark A. Runco
Edited by
Robert J. Sternberg  and
James C. Kaufman
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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The Nature of Human Creativity , pp. 246 - 263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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